Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer and navigator. He discovered the “New world” of the Americas on an expedition that was sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but never did. Instead‚ he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. His journeys kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents. He was born in what is now Italy. His parents’ names were Dominico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa
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The story of El cid There are three parts or cantos to the Poema del Cid. In the first part‚ Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar‚ called Cid "El Cid Campeador" by the Moors(Sidi means My Lord in Arabic)‚ is accused by Count García Ordóñez of holding back for himself tributes he was sent to collect from the Moors for his king Alfonso VI of León. Alfonso exiles Rodrigo from Leon and Castilla. He gave him 9 days to exile. El Cid needed money to live and support his troops in exile‚ so he faked a chest full
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July 8-11 2013 The first week of my On the Job Training (OJT)‚ we welcomed by the employees of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). I felt nervous and excited because it is the second time that I will have my OJT. In the first day‚ Ma’am Coleen Cas oriented us all about the NTC‚ the works‚ the vision and mission‚ their principles‚ and what they offered to clients. She also tours us in the office‚ meet and greet with other employees. I felt also pressured that I can’t finished what
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“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn‚†(ThinkExist). This quote was written in 1928 by an American author of science fiction‚ Alvin Toffler‚ and that quote holds true until this day. In “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me‚†by Sherman Alexie‚ he writes about the difficulties that he experienced as a child overcoming the intellectual limit that was put upon his culture‚ in this case American
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especially in the story‚ “Hand in Pocket”‚ he realizes that people are not always what they seem. The experiences that the boy goes through that withdraw his innocence the most is in the story‚ “Hand in Pocket”‚ in which he is living at Don Laito and Dona Bone’s house. By observing two respected adults do horrible things like‚ stealing‚ taking advantage of vulnerable people and even murdering a man‚ it is slowly corrupting this young boy’s image of the world and society. In the following quote from
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Public Enemy is an American Hip Hop group formed in Long Island‚ New York in the late 1900s. The original members were Chuck D (original name Carlton Ridenhour‚ born on August 1‚ 1960 in Queens‚ New York)‚ Flavor Flav (original name William Drayton‚ born on March 16‚ 1959 in Long Island‚ New York)‚ Terminator X (original name Norman Lee Rogers‚ born on August 25‚ 1966 in New York City‚ New York)‚ and Professor Griff (original name Richard Griffin‚ born on August 1‚ 1960 in Long Island‚ New York)
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Title: Teddy Bear Revenge‚ Confessions of the Victim‚ Characters: Victim: Meg – playing Grace Bully 1 (notes): Florancia – playing Brittney Bully 2 (online): Dona – playing Chloe Script: [At High school] Grace: Ohmigosh is that you Chloe? Brittney? Wow it’s been so long like I don’t know like… 9 years… [Counts on fingers] Yeah! 9 years! Wow that is so… long! Brittney: Yeah…so long… Chloe: [nods] Grace: I just know we’ll be such good BFFs again! Brittney: Yeah totally Grace: [squeals]
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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico Author: Miguel León-Portilla History of the Spanish defeat of Mexico and the Aztecs has always been told in the words of the Spaniards. It has often been forgotten that with only having one impression of the events that took place during this time period‚ we can never be certain of the entire story‚ or what actually took place. For this reason‚ Miguel León-Portilla took it upon himself to further explore pre-Hispanic history and gain
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represented a real person in society and through these it can be analyzed if that character represented a social cancer in the society. Most of the characters in the novels did represent the sickness that was happening in the society. An example of this is Dona Victorina who was a fat Filipina who always wore jewels and married a Spanish man. She represents the Filipinos who aspire to become a Spaniard to leave behind any trace of Filipino in them and then boasts to everyone about her by marrying a Spanish
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Credits to my Professor: (The Guide Questions were given by my Professor way back in College for our History 15 Class.) 1. One of the important claims of Renato Constantino‚ which supports his negative thesis of Rizal‚ was the refusal of the latter to align with the Philippine Revolution. This argument was based on the documentary evidence’s such as Rizal’s manifesto to the Filipino people‚ and Dr. Pio Valenzuela’s 1896 testimonial. Quibuyen’s article‚ "Rizal and the Revolution" the same core
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