Rizal * Great-great-grandfather was a man named Domingo Lam-co * Rizal’s ancestor was Lakan-Dula‚ the last Malayan king of Tondo * Gregorio‚ Manuel and Jose are Rizal’s 3 uncles‚ brothers of Teodora * Grandfathers – Lorenzo Alberto Alonso and Cipriano Alonso * The Name “Rizal” * The original name of the Rizal family was “Mercado” * The term “Rizal” came from the Spanish word racial which means “green field” or “new pasture”. * The Rizal Family
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Introduction Wars have been apart of this world almost as long as anything else has. Even in the Bible days there are records of wars. There are many reasons that states choose to go to war. Sometimes it is for the expansion of a nation or state‚ other times it is for financial gains‚ and it also could be for security or defense purposes. Whatever the case may be‚ wars have been apart of human life and will always be. There were no differences when it came to the Persian Gulf War. This war involved
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Héctor Lavoe: El Cantante de los Cantantes Karen Rodriguez April 16‚ 2008 Florida International University Héctor Lavoe Héctor Lavoe revolutionized the Latin salsa boom of the 1970s. He was a man born to sing and his passion for music led him on a remarkable journey of attaining endless dreams. Born Héctor Juan Perez Martinez on September 30‚ 1946 in Ponce‚ Puerto Rico‚ he lived a life full of achievements‚ setbacks‚ and tragedy that made a way for his life long addiction with
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James Nibert HCA 656 Extra Credit Assignment 12-01-10 Healthcare Professionalism in the Age of Social Media Introduction Social media‚ like the postal letter‚ telephone and e-mail before it‚ has revolutionized the ways in which people communicate in the modern world. Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ Twitter and YouTube have hundreds of millions of users that have chosen this medium to communicate with the world at large. Blogs‚ Wikis and podcasts further contribute to the dominant
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Brothers. In the second half of the 20th century the company expanded its operations worldwide. It has made a number of acquisitions‚ including Lipton (1971)‚ Brooke Bond (1984)‚ Chesebrough-Ponds (1987)‚ Best Foods and Ben & Jerry’s (2000)‚ and Alberto-Culver(2010).Their target markets are based in West Europe‚ the USA. Russia and Africa. Company’s target consumers are mostly women aged from 17 to 45. As Unilever is the world’s third-largest consumer goods company and it’s main competitors are Procter
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Melting Permafrost’s Negative Contribution to Global Warming [pic] Global Warming is a problem that impacts the entire planet. The average temperature of our planet has risen about 0.5°C in the last 100 years. According to field biologist Wolter in 2008‚ the melting of permafrost in the colder regions of the world is mostly responsible for global warming; causing the world’s climate to be at risk. (Wolter‚ 2008) “Permafrost is any rock or soil that remains frozen constantly
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Thesis My contention is that if we disregard militaristic paradigms and view the Conquest in a disaster context‚ akin to a people’s actions before‚ during‚ and after‚ through a sociological lens‚ the story of conquest becomes more transparent. The goal of the present study is to analyze several sources (primary‚ secondary‚ tertiary‚ Spanish‚ indigenous‚ and modern) with the intention of locating‚ identifying‚ and measuring whether or not there existed some quality among the indigenous‚ inherent
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Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining peace and security among nations. While other organs of the United Nations only make recommendations to member governments‚ the Security Council has the power to make decisions which member governments must carry out under the United Nations Charter. The decisions of the Council are known as United Nations Security Council Resolutions. The Security Council is made up of 15 member
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The Bermuda Triangle The area where the ships are disappeared is located in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda‚ Puerto Rico and the US city of Miami. By joining these three points with an imaginary line a triangle with an area of over one million kilometers is formed. The world-famous Bermuda Triangle is due to a series of mysterious disappearances of commercial vessels and aircraft not left a trace. In total‚ the region of Bermuda recorded more than 200 incidents‚ including
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Pre-Spanish Period *with existence of schools called BOTHOAN (in Panay); teachers were priests‚ priestesses‚ judges; materials – documents‚ manuscripts‚ book of ritual and magic‚ genealogies‚ calendars‚ impt. Laws and records of notable events *Literary forms: sayings‚ lyrics‚ legends‚ epics‚ proverbs‚ riddles‚ ritualistic utterances (on simple life experiences) *Sample epics: Hinilawod (Panay) Hudhud and Alim (Ifugao) Darangen (Maranaw) *Characteristics of literary works:
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