participate in the decision making process that affect them‚ and hold their leaders to account. This Saturday (28 September) is International Right to Know Day. ARTICLE 19’s regional teams are holding a series of events across the globe to highlight why and how access to information can change lives and transform societies. Our case studies from the regions clearly demonstrate this impact and point to two key policy recommendations: 1. Countries should adopt RTI laws that make information easily
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In "Why I Want a Wife‚" Brady offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife in a satirical commentary on how the work of wives is often taken for granted. The humor of the essay lies in its structure: on the surface it seems to accept the criteria it puts forth‚ while the meaning actually operates in the recognition that the narrator is being sarcastic. Using writing as one of her tools for activism‚ Judy (Syfers) Brady has established herself as a supporter of the women’s movement since she began
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My name is Bryan Hitchings. I am a 32 year old person passionate about food and aspiring to hone my cooking skills to become a professional chef. I have always loved cooking even as a child. When I was a child and barely able to see the eyes on a stove‚ I was given a stool by my grandmother and allowed to cook with her. I have had several influences such as my grandmother who was an excellent home cook‚ one uncle who was a chef‚ and another uncle who was a cook in the Navy. Though I don’t come from
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stuck by my side and loved me through it all has been Matt. He is truly the love of my life. That is why the past couple of days have been nothing but a roller coaster of emotional ups and downs for me. I am torn between my husband who is my best friend‚ the love of my life and another friend‚ that other friend being you. I don’t want to lose you as a friend‚ nor do I want to push you away‚ but I don’t want to constantly be looking over my shoulders in fear that I will lose the love of my life. This
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Polyneices‚ but her uncle‚ Creon‚ who inherited the throne‚ stated that Polyneices is to not be buried; “Polyneices‚ I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall lie on the plain‚ unburied; and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do with him whatever they like.” Antigone stills goes to bury Polyneices; “But as for me‚ I will bury the brother I love.” After she puts some dust on Polyneices‚ a group of men finds out about it and a sentry gets sent to tell
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love A character that refuses to dominate anyone and offers himself to any person from his humble nature is a faithful servant of the world and all who belongs to it. I don’t think I have to explain what the historical context was in 1940‚ but is the filming year of The Great Dictator‚ one of the masterpieces of Charles Chaplin. We have seen‚ throughout history‚ that in difficult and tragic times‚ great personalities rise and bring out the best of themselves in order to give a lesson to the most
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In the short Story The Love Of My Life‚ the author Boyle presents us to a couple‚ China and Jeremy‚ so young and so in love‚ that they are blinded by it. Boyle made me as if I felt the couples love through his words and the pain they felt along the ride‚ but the love never failed and it was that‚ that caught my attention the most; Besides the fact that I am a sucker for love stories and although it ended tragic‚ it made an interesting plot. In the beginning‚ China and Jeremy were the perfect couple;
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important concepts that form my identity. These are things I believe will never change for the rest of my life. The world will always tend to skew our perceptions of ourselves‚ by practically demanding a certain ideal. Although only we can change the way we view ourselves‚ self concepts are ideas that form our identity that only we control. I have always thought of myself as hardworking. Being hands on and committed to things has always worked with causing me to be hardworking‚ I believe that once you
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page I will be sharing with you my decision to home educate my children. I have broken it down into two parts as it has become a rather long post! I didn’t realise that I had so much to say. It would have been a lot longer if I had included all the finer details. Sit back and relax as I talk to you about my decision to home educate. I truly believe that I am being led in this direction by the Lord. I remember this time last year sitting in my car‚ parked on the side road reading a book. My children
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In the "I Love Lucy" video‚ how does translanguaging work for Ricky? In the video‚ Ricky uses translanguaging to make meaning of the conversations around him. Since this video is a compilation of short clips taken from several episodes (and a TV show)‚ it is hard to tell exactly what is going through Ricky’s head each time he uses translanguaging. He draws on what he knows from the two languages‚ and what those he is talking to knows in the one language‚ and shares the information he wants to in
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