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    Dona Perfecta

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    Dona Perfecta‚ written by B. Perez Galdos‚ is a novel that explores the conflict between the new progressive movement and the old religious school of thought. This conflict takes place in the small Spanish village of Orbajosa. Narrow-minded Catholic zealots dominate Orbajosa. The most prominent of the zealots is Dona Perfecta. Dona is traditional catholic and strives to fight any opposition to her fixed beliefs. Pepe Rey‚ her nephew‚ presents the biggest challenge to Dona because he is an engineer

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    Mv Doña Paz

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    ------------------------------------------------- MV Doña Paz | Career (Japan) | | Name: | Himeyuri Maru ひめゆり丸 | Owner: | RKK Line | Port of registry: |  Japan | Builder: | Onomichi Dockyard | Yard number: | 118 | Launched: | 25 April 1963 | Fate: | Sold to Sulpicio Lines | Career (Philippines) | | Name: | MV Don Sulpicio | Owner: | Sulpicio Lines | Port of registry: |  Philippines | Acquired: | 1975 | Renamed: | MV Doña Paz in 1981 | Refit: | After a fire onboard 5 June 1979 |

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    Dona Perfecta Throughout Benito Perez Galdos’ novel‚ Dona Perfecta‚ Galdos uses his ability to draw his characters‚ in such detail‚ that he allows the audience to relate with his main characters‚ Don Jose “Pepe” Rey‚ Rosario‚ and Dona Perfecta. By the order of his father‚ Pepe Rey has left his home to visit the small town of Orbajosa where his aunt‚ Dona Perfecta‚ lives. Pepe Rey has recently graduated as an engineer. He is a man of the new generation‚ inspired by Darwin‚ German philosophy‚ and

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    Doña Aurora

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    Spermatophyta Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Asteridae Order: Rubiales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Mussaenda L. Species: Mussaenda philippica A. Rich 2.1.2. Botanical Description Doña Aurora (Mussaenda philippica A. Rich.)‚ also known as the “Queen of the Philippines”‚ is a tropical ornamental plant‚ which belongs to the Rubiaceae family. It is cultivated for its showy habit‚ colourful scarlet‚ white or pink sepals and yellow petals

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    and see the end result: Dona Mari’s renovated home. Dona Mari was a humble‚ sweet old lady. She and her husband were the oldest couple‚ living in a small home at the end of the same dirt-road street my Abuelitos did in Mexico. They never had any children so when they got old‚ there was no one to take care of them. However‚ they lived in a close-knit community

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    Dona Maria's Story

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    In this book‚ James presents the story of Doña María Roldán’s life. She was a woman who lived in Berisso‚ Argentina‚ where she worked in the meat packing industry for six decades‚ and was a Peronist party activist. In Doña María’s Story‚ James attempts to uncover the truth about an informant’s life. In eighteen seventy-three‚ Berisso was a center for beef salting. This changed‚ however‚ two decades later when refrigeration made Saladeros a thing of the past. Meatpacking brought two significant

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    Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem When Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was asked by the Huddersfield Choral Society to write a piece in celebration of their centennial in 1937‚ he produced a powerful plea for peace in Dona Nobis Pacem. The outlook of renewed war in Europe was all too real with the rise of Nazism and Fascism‚ with civil war in Spain and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia‚ and was of huge concern to those like Vaughan Williams himself who had personally experienced the carnage

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    Dona Nobis Pacem Analysis

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    The service began with “Dona Nobis Pacem”‚ by Carl Nyberg. This song means to grant us peace‚ which included a powerful meaning and message behind it. The piano and the organ were performed in this piece. The men sung in alto‚ while the women sung in soprano. This piece also involved a cello‚ which made it sound more beautifully. Next‚ they performed a song called “Draw Me Near” which is by Mary McDonald. This song was sung by a soloist that had a very beautiful voice‚ which she executed it so wonderfully

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    “Mimi and Dona”‚ a documentary that showed an aging mother was caring of her disable daughter. She has an intellectual disabilities that affects her ability to process information‚ plan and problem solve‚ and interact socially. There was a very upsetting moments in the film when Dona moved out of her mother’s house to the community service in order to receive the care she needs. The main reason‚ Mimi is very old mother‚ who is 92 years old‚ and they want to find a secure place that Dona can live after

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    Presentation INTRODUCTION Dona Nobis Pacem R.V.W. 40 minute Cantata for chorus cantata and baritone and soprano solo written in 1936 First performance at Huddersfield town hall on October 2‚ 1936 by Hutterfield Choral Society with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates Choral Cantate based on texts from Whitman‚ scripture‚ Catholic Mass‚ Political speech by John Bright Text of the piece Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 64 years old when he composed Dona‚ Died 22 years later Had

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