Passion is known as the strong emotion that motivates us to move beyond our comfort zones to achieve the potential that resides within us. Passion is a powerful driving force. Reason is the capacity of conciencely making sense of things also known as logic. Reason or logic‚ is the foundation of rationality. The real question is‚ does passion and emotion overcome the logic behind people’s concience? Precisely. Daniel Golman‚ the author of Emotional Intelligence‚ once stated‚" Imagine placing a plank
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This article “El Salvador Arrests Ex-Military Officers in 1989 Jesuit Killings” was about killings of six Jesuit priests‚ a housekeeper and her teenage daughter back in 1989. Recently‚ the El Salvadoran police force raided two days to find out 20 ex-military officers‚ who were involved in the killings during 1989. As a result four men were arrested inside El Salvador and now authorities are looking for rest of the 16 men. The article mentions that the killing was conducted by “the Salvadoran high
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Gautama. But the most inspirational monk in the entire world is the Dali Lama. The Dali Lama‚ Tenzin Gyato‚ is the 14th Dali Lama in the history and has been successful in spreading inspiration‚ love‚ joy‚ happiness‚ and peace throughout his time as the leader. His coming to becoming the Dali Lama is a special process and his job/role as a leader‚ inspiration of millions is special. The current Dali Lama‚ Tenzin Gyato‚ is the 14th Dali Lama in history. He was born on July 6‚ 1935. His original name
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Dali’s Transition from Surrealism to Reality One of the most fascinating of Salvador Dali’s later works is 1954s The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory‚ a direct continuation of Dali’s 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory. Offering a darker interpretation of this earlier work‚ Disintegration features a flooded version of the original landscape‚ many of the original elements breaking down and literally disintegrating. Much of these changes in the makeup and composition of the painting
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Meningitis University of Phoenix HCS 245 Introduction to Health and Diseases MU11BHA06 November 02‚ 2011 Cultural and Disease Paper - Meningitis It was mid-February 1968 in a city in the central region of El Salvador‚ two men sitting on the street curve outside the doctor’s office. One of them was the doctor himself; the other man was a poor steel worker whom two years earlier lost his second child to bronchitis. The doctor said to my father the choices you
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El Salvador‚ a small country in Central America‚ has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However‚ the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country‚ but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors‚ the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions
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In the short story “Salvador Late or Early”‚ by Sandra Cisneros‚ Cisneros uniquely describes the main character Salvador. She uses detail‚ imagery‚ and diction to characterize Salvador in her short story. When she was describing Salvador‚ she makes it very simple to recognize the advance detail put in. In the first sentence‚ she stuffs and fills it with details‚ details‚ details‚ but also leaves you wanting to read more and more‚ leaving a complete description half empty‚ but full enough to question
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How many times have you caught yourself sitting back‚ day dreaming hearing the steady tick‚ tock‚ tick‚ tock of an old grandfather clock? You do not even have to day dream to feel the melting of time. The artist Salvador Dali captured this mental image in his piece called The Persistence of Memory‚ with clocks hanging from tree branches‚ curving over the edge of the counter and melting over the back of the mythical animal. What caused this artist to have the inspiration to produce The Persistence
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At two years old sitting on my grandma’s bed in a small‚ cozy house in a little town of El Salvador where I’m from‚ every morning and afternoon I would be surrounded by a bunch of magazines and newspapers that my grandmother used to read. Hola magazine which talked about the royalty and famous people‚ Vanidades magazine which was about beauty tips‚ famous people and fashion‚ and La Prensa Grafica one of our national newspapers that everyday keeps the people informed with what is happening with government
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For most of my childhood‚ my whole world was comprised of people that shared the same ethnicity‚ culture‚ and living style as I did. But after leaving El Salvador at the young age of seven and undertaking the most difficult journey of my life‚ my world was split shattered. In school‚ I had to assimilate to a culture where I was surrounded by kids who had been born speaking English and teachers who taught with voluminous books instead of dirty chalk boards. Meanwhile‚ at home‚ I had to meet my mom’s
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