Good morning everyone. The year 2011 is already being called the ‘year of scams’. Almost daily‚ we hear news of cases of money laundering‚ embezzlement‚ nepotism‚ fraud etc involving people who occupy the highest tenets of power and are ironically the representatives of the dreams of the people. Today corruption is to say the least‚ an acute problem‚ which almost every citizen‚ poor or rich suffers from. Today’s motion that states – ‘Minimization of human wants is the only way to reduce corruption’
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second they detonate their bomb. 2 minutes before the detonation‚ the bomber was an ordinary person who looked like he was minding his own business‚ no one could have suspected he was a soon-to-be villain. But people must remember that these are martyrs for their cause. They feel they are doing the right thing by killing people and their people idolize and label them as heroes. Another example of this is ’chopper’ Reed. He went around the streets killing many people who he labeled ’bad’ people (mainly
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Title: How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife Author: Manuel Arguilla (1911 – 1944) was an Ilokano writer in English‚ patriot‚ and martyr. He is known for his widely anthologized short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife‚" the main story in the collection "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife and Other Short Stories" which won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940. Most of Arguilla’s stories depict scenes in Barrio Nagrebcan‚ Bauang‚ La Union where he
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"The Importance of Moral Choice" Choice and free will are necessary to maintain humanity‚ both individually and communally; without them‚ man is no longer human but a "clockwork orange"‚ a mechanical toy‚ as demonstrated in Anthony Burgess’ novel‚ "A Clockwork Orange". The choice between good and evil is a decision every man must make throughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future. Forcing someone to be good is not as important as the act of someone choosing to be good
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Hopefully Looking into the Future “Hope is the thing with feathers /That perches in the soul /And sings the tune without the words /And never stops at all.” - Emily Dickinson In Edwidge Danticat’s anthology‚ The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States‚ different voices of the Haitian dyasporas tell their stories on how they have hope. Whether it be a young child looking for motherly love‚ seeking to win a soccer game or on an even bigger scale‚ or getting
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THE RISE OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM Prof. Wilson Morano R.T‚ MPA NATIONALISM An Extreme feeling of love for one’s country Factors that paved way for the birth of Nationalism a. Opening of the Philippines to World Commerce b. Influx of Liberal Ideas c. Secularization Movement d. Liberal Regime of Dela Torre e. The Cavite Mutiny f. Execution of GOMBURZA INFLUX OF LIBERAL IDEAS Suez Canal Shortened the distance between the Spain and the Phil. Paved way for the entry of liberalism
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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity By Thomas C. Oden Downers Grove‚ Ill: Intervarsity Press‚ 2008‚ 204 pp‚ $ 19.00 hardcover. Thomas Oden‚ an accomplished scholar in systematic and historical theology‚ and retired professor at Drew University‚ has offered a compelling and positively provocative work in How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind. A work of scholarly repentance‚ he ably repudiates the posture of western theologians and historians
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The Black Panthers‚ also known as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense‚ are a group who’s name is still known today for its efforts in Black Power and politics in the United States. The group can be seen as a very personal movement to those of us here in California due to the group being founded in California‚ Oakland to be more exact. The group was formed by friends Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale. He and Bobby Seale had become friends while attending Merritt College. The two originally
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that torch of his values to be blown out‚ however high the wind or stormy the tempest. Our next thoughts must be of the unknown volunteers and soldiers of freedom who‚ without praise or reward‚ have served India even unto death. We regard these martyrs who laid their precious lives for our sake.. And now 65 years later‚ we stand here today‚ and so much has changed. India is the largest democratic country in the world. But are we very successful in using our freedom in the right manner? If
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for a position in government -> corrupt‚ irresponsible‚ only use 4 personal gain w/out thinking of consequences - Horlick Minton’s speech attacked patriotism as an irrational denial of the senselessness of wartime slaughter. Irony -> The Hundred Martyrs were sent to their pointless deaths in the name of "democracy" by a dictatorship. Love - Jonah says Mona can "make me far happier than any woman had so far succeeded in doing.” Yet‚ we find later that Jonah does not really love her once he knows
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