economy are examined through his participant-observation of El Barrio in East Harlem NYC. For several years‚ beginning in 1985 when he rented an apartment in Spanish Harlem‚ Philippe engaged in an ethnographic study of the street life in that haven. He befriended a Puerto Rican crack entrepreneur by the name of Ray and his subordinates Primo and Caesar. Learning street smarts was pivotal in gaining their trust. As a white man in El Barrio you were either an "undercover
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Edmund Spenser Sonnet 30 (Fire and Ice) ! My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: a how comes it then that this her cold so great b is not dissolv’d through my so hot desire‚ a but harder grows‚ the more I her entreat? b ! Or how comes it that my exceeding heat c is not delayed by her heart frozen cold‚ d but that I burn much more in boiling sweat‚ c and feel my flames augmented manifold? d ! What more miraculous thing may be told e that fire‚ which all thing melts
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Sonnet 30 In this sonnet‚ the poet conveys a theme of grief as he meditates on past woes and losses but is ultimately comforted by the thought of a "dear friend" (13). The pensive poet reflects upon memories of the past‚ causing him to regret his failure to achieve all that he wanted. With old woes recalled‚ he grieves over having wasted precious time. He then weeps‚ although he seldom does normally‚ for dear friends who have died and are lost to death’s eternal night. He cries once more over
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States. El Nino is one of the largest scientific phenomenons that scientists have ever explored. The main concepts of El Nino are very simple and there are many variations‚ causes‚ affects‚ and relationships to study. The main idea behind El Nino is that the wind changes direction across the Pacific Ocean. In a non El Nino year (normal)‚ the trade winds blow from east to west across the ocean‚ from North and South America towards the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean. In an El Nino year
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I never did before. "But if the while I think on thee‚ dear friend / All losses are restored and sorrows end." But as soon as I think of you‚ my dear friend‚ all those wounds are healed‚ and my sorrows come to an end. Why is he saying it? Sonnet 30 is at the center of a sequence of sonnets dealing with the narrator’s growing attachment to the fair lord and the narrator’s paralyzing inability to function without him. The sonnet begins with the image of the poet drifting off into the "remembrance
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20th of March‚ 2013‚ Hossam elsokkary‚ former head of BBC Arabic service‚ lectured at the American university in Cairo. El sokkary is well known for being a major political activist and blogger‚ as well as becoming a figure in the Egyptian media sector. Unlike what everyone had in mind about the lecture‚ El Sokkary talked more about media in general and less about politics. El Sokkary talked about the fundamentals of news and its basics. He stated that news content are never created by the news
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When the trailers for “El Presidente” were released‚ it seemed entirely possible that an entertaining historical epic could be made depicting the life and times of Emilio Aguinaldo. Fortunately for future filmmakers‚ that epic has yet to be made‚ as Jeorge ‘ER’ Estregan and his team have come nowhere close to creating it. Based partly on Emilio Aguinaldo’s memoirs‚ “El Presidente” details the life of the future president from his days as a 17-year old cabeza de barangay in Binakayan‚ Cavite
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new species created by the U.S. secret government that they do not want us to know about? Whatever the case El Chupacabra is something people should not overlook. El Chupacabra is a legendary cryptozoology creature that has been letting his presence be felt in differents parts of the world ‚including Puerto Rico‚ Russia‚ Mexico‚ the U.S. ‚ Central America ‚ South America. The origin of el chupacabra is unknown but it has not stopped people from inferring or creating their own stories. The term “chupacabra”
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The typical foods in El Salvador are probably one of the best foods anyone can taste! The food that most identifies Salvadoran people are "pupusas". You can find them anywhere you go. There are other typical foods from El Salvador‚ like chilate‚ nuegados‚ yucca‚ atol de elote‚ tamales (from pork‚ chicken‚ beef) and shuco. Except in large cities‚ which have supermarkets‚ most Salvadorans shop daily for groceries at an open air market. Beans‚ rice‚ tortillas and tamales (a type of corn dumpling
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El Greco: Feast in the House of Simon El Greco’s "Feast in the House of Simon" creates a visual story of the last supper. It has similar and completely different attributes of a painting I’m more familiar with‚ Da Vinci’s "Last Supper." The reason for thinking this is because of the what is taking place in the scene and for the story I recall learning as a child. The similarities I notice first is seeing Jesus as an important main focal point being placed in the center. As I look farther
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