A love letter to my country: from a transgender Filipina InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 Mga minamahal kong kababayan (To my beloved Philippines): I know that it has been an emotional three weeks to all of us who have been affected by the death of Jennifer Laude‚ the 26-year-old transgender woman whose lifeless body was found with her head in a motel toilet in Olongapo City‚ Philippines on October 11‚ 2014. I know‚ too‚ that Jennifer Laude’s story has divided us as a nation. While
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Book Summary July 31‚ 2012 Garnier‚ J.‚ Helsing‚ D.‚ Howell‚ A.‚ Kegan‚ R.‚ Lahey‚ L.‚ Lemons‚ R. W.‚ Rasmussen‚ H. & Wagner‚ T. (2006). Change leadership: A practical guide to transforming our schools. San Francisco‚ CA: Jossey-Bass Credibility: Tony Wagner – codirector of the Change Leadership Group (CLG) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Tony was a classroom teacher for 12 years‚ a principal‚ project director for the Public Agenda Foundation‚ cofounder and executive director
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learn from books‚ from other’s life. We can also learn the hard way and easy way. Either way‚ learning can be painful for all of us. Especially for children who have to experience the real life around them. The short story “The Lesson” by Toni Carde Bambara‚ shows seven poor children who experience where they are a level of economy the hard way. Even though it hurts for the seven children to force the lesson down their throats‚ such lesson become the lesson that is necessary and valuable for them to
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conversational discourse presented by English psychologist and autism specialist Tony Attwood in an episode of Australian Broadcast Corporation’s podcast Conversations‚ hosted by Richard Fidler. This podcast episode is titled‚ “Love and family and Asperger’s: Tony Attwood” as it circles around the topic of marriages that involve one autistic partner and one neurotypical partner. Much of the examples given about these cases‚ in which Tony Attwood has professional experience with because he counsels such couples
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EN4405 Don Paterson Tony Harrison and the Language of Authority ‘And so it seemed to me then that the greatest gift I could acquire for myself was the gift of articulation‚ the treasure of eloquence‚ the power over words‚ the power of words.’ So wrote Tony Harrison in his essay ‘Facing up to the muses’ in the Bloodaxe Critical Anthology of his work‚ explaining the origins of his strong belief in the power of language‚ and particularly poetry. Tony Harrison‚ though he has written for both television
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Can’t Buy My Love by Jean Kilbourne In the book Can’t Buy My Love ‚ the author‚ Jean Kilbourne discusses the influence advertising has on social society. Throughout the book‚ she focuses on what advertising has done to society whether we are aware of it or not‚ and the consequences that have been brought forth—America known as a culture represented by cola‚ jeans‚ burgers‚ cigarettes‚ and alcohol. In terms of ethics‚ she believes that corporations pray on the insecurities‚ social acceptance
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Quiet Strength: The Principles‚ Practices‚ & Priorities of a Winning Life Author: Tony Dungy A Book Report Michael Fors BUS 625/626 • Dr. David Bess The book I chose was Quiet Strength: The Principles‚ Practices‚ & Priorities of a Winning Life‚ by Tony Dungy. This is more than an autobiography of the life of Tony Dungy‚ the coach of the 2006 Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. Woven throughout his life story are the principles‚ practices
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God and the Virgin Mary. He commutes with the dead; the dead asks him for blessings. Just who is this Tony person! You might not believe that this is only a seven year old kid‚ but he is the hero of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me‚ Ultima. Tony is valiant‚ and this courage sometimes reflects his curiously precocious nature. Precocious he is‚ he still is in constant mental ambivalence.<br><br>When I say Tony is brave‚ I don’t mean that he fights demons or kill dragons‚ but rather that he stands for what he
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Documentary Love Crimes of Kabul Director: Tanaz Eshaghian Reviewed By: Fatemeh Fathzadeh Date: January 2013 About the director Iranian-American documentary filmmaker‚ Tanaz Eshaghian‚ usually explores the deeprooted ambivalence in Iranian culture and society towards love‚ women and sexuality. This is shown in her documentaries such as “Be Like Others” and “Love Iranian-American Style.” In her documentary‚ “Love Crimes of Kabul‚” she steps further and tries to examine the very same issues
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Com-101-024 February 24‚ 2013 The smell of molding laundry always filled the air at my cousin Rachel’s old Blue Island house. As we walked down the dark‚ narrow‚ creaking stairs‚ we all knew weren’t allowed down there but we somehow always stumbled down into the basement where my much older cousin Joey’s room and hang out was. He was rarely home when my sister Haley and I slept over‚ so all three of us would rummage through his things. We were always told not to even come close to touching
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