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    [MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE] Hidalgo -> Jose Morelos -> Agustin Iturbide -> Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna -> Benito Juarez -> Porfirio Diaz 1. What did Hidalgo do on September 16‚ 1810 that was equated to the First Crusade? a. Called to arms 2. Jose Morelos called for the Congress of Chilpacingo in 1813 that accomplished what? a. Declared Mexican independence‚ decreed slavery should be abolished‚ and announce Catholicism as state religion. 3. What is the Army of Three Guarantees

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    wiring for light‚ risking health and safety in the process. Many simply go without. Proper electricity is not a common option‚ especially in the Philippines‚ which has the highest electricity rates in Asia. Filipino entrepreneur and activist Illac Diaz created Liter of Light to provide informal settlements in his country with a cheap daytime lighting source that can be produced and distributed locally. The solution is Diaz’s figurative “liter of light‚” a clear plastic soda bottle filled with water

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    culture had 4 instruments: 1. Voice 2. Percussion 3. String 4. Wind v The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization with a highly developed language and culture -Mayan totonacas –local dialects-yet distant areas Bernal Díaz - Bernardo de Sahagún - Pedro de Gante – Nahuatl – v Bernal Diaz: an early conquistador (1492-ca. 1581)‚ he called azec music the poorest art of the pre-conquest natives. Aztec music to him seemed only dismal and horrible. He associated the music to the sacrifices of his comrades

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    Tulak movie review

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    Tulak (2009) Stars: Rafael Rosell | John Regala | Melissa Mendez | Fanny Serrano | Julio Diaz | Maria Isabel Lopez Genre: Drama Director: Neal Tan Review: Orphaned at a young age‚ Tikboy (Rafael Rosell) was under her aunt Lukray’s (Isabel Lopez) wings together with her live-in-partner Abdon (Julio Diaz). Aunt Lukray is an aging prostitute while Abdon is a corrupt and fraudulent policeman who also happens to be a drug pusher‚ with Tikboy as his delivery boy or batang “Tulak”. Together they are

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    As the days go by I feel your light dimming and it breaks my heart. Laura Diaz words cannot explain what you mean to me and as the clock ticks down I’m realizing more and more what I’m losing when you are gone. First‚ I’m losing a cheerleader. No matter what I did you were always there to cheer me on even ifI didn’t reach the finish line you were there to comfort me and remind me to keep going. Second‚ I’m losing my game show partner. People can only imagine how many nights we had competing against

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    Jose Rizal

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    A heart warming movie that shows how Rizal runs his life. Marilou Diaz-Abaya‚ the director‚ made a very good choice of choosing Cesar Montano as Jose Rizal and Joel Torre as his counterpart as the Crisostomo Ibarra and afterward Simoun in his very proud novel‚ Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. This movie Jose Rizal is a great explanation of the Philippine tragic history. I didn’t suffer the 3-hours-movie long. It shows nationalism and heroism in a nonviolent manner‚ though‚ there were instances

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    Some say love makes the world go around. The most evident theme in a majority of stories is love in all its beauty‚ along with its shortcomings. “The Cheater’s Guide To Love” features a main character that struggles with finding love again after ruining his first. Similar‚ in “Love is Blind and Deaf‚” the couple‚ Adam and Eve‚ ruin the peaceful love between themselves and constantly chases after what once was. In contrast‚ the short story “Leap” discovers the beautiful truth of love after witnessing

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    Fathers‚ in today’s society are undermined by the courts and by their children’s mother. Some fathers cannot see their children due to the mother’s emotions‚ but there are some cases that are different. For instance‚ Barrington Newell is a father of 7 kids. Out of the 7 kids he has‚ he had only one kid in custody. His second to last daughter Natasha. Natasha’s mother had passed away from a medical problem. Mr. Newell was forced to take care his daughter. Natasha’s grandmother wanted custody of Natasha

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    messages for the government. As social inequality‚ hunger and unfair distribution of currency and land saturated Mexico and political problems heightened; Mexico entered into the Mexican Revolution under the 29th president of Mexico General Porfirio Diaz. Diaz had a controversial rule and with his barbarous tactics‚ such as his campaign sloan "pan o palo" or "bread or the stick/club" meant to accept his policies would guarantee a prosperous future with wealth and land‚ however revolting

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    SOURCES) representing each character’s role or views during the Mexican Revolution 4. Ten level 3 questions ‚ 5 of which are answered. (Just ten questions) 1.Porfirio Diaz President of Mexico until he was overthrown “Poor Mexico‚ so far from God and so close to the United States” (http://www.quotesea.com/quotes/by/porfirio-diaz) It was better that a little blood should be shed that much blood should be saved. “The blood that was shed was bad blood; the blood that was saved was good blood.” (http://www

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