1. Briefly describe at least three strategies for noise mitigation for airports‚ highways‚ or railways. Under what circumstances would you considered each to be appropriate? -The most fertile areas for the highways noise mitigation are in urban planning decisions‚ highway design‚ noise barrier design‚ speed control‚ surface pavement selection and truck restrictions. Speed control is effective since the lowest sound emissions arise from vehicles moving smoothly at 30 to 60 kph. Above that range
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POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES QUEZON CITY CAMPUS BUHAY MGA GAWAIN AT KAISIPAN NI RIZAL (HIST 1023) REFLECTION PAPER Nr.1 “What have I learned and imbibed from Dr. Jose P Rizal‚ as a Filipino and hero? “ Student Name: Alpay‚ Hansel Geno L. “Whatever our condition might be then‚ let us love our country always and let us wish nothing but her welfare. Thus we shall labor in conformity with the purpose of humanity dictated by god which is the harmony and universal peace
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Historical Context and Legal Basis of Rizal Day and Other Memorials in honor of Jose Rizal For over a century now‚ the nation has never failed to observe the anniversary of the martyrdom our great national hero‚ Dr. Jose P. Rizal. This year‚ the President will lead the simultaneous raising of Philippine flag at half-mast and wreath offering at the monument of Jose Rizal at the Rizal Park in Manila‚ Calamba‚ Laguna and in Dapitan‚ Zamboanga del Norte on December 30‚ 2010. The theme of this year’s
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INTRODUCTION A nation forms and transforms its national identity though its symbols that embody its historical and cultural heritage. Nowhere is this more patent in the way the Philippines and the Filipino people have kept alive the memories of Dr. Jose P. Rizal‚ the Philippines’ national hero. It was on December 30‚ 1898 on Rizal’s second death anniversary that the Filipino people could properly commemorate and pay their respect to Rizal as they celebrated the First Philippine National Heroes’
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STUDENTS’ VIEWS ON FILIPINO HISTORIANS’ ARTICLES ABOUT JOSE RIZAL AS THE NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES A Paper Submitted to: Dr. Minerva V. Apita In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in: Philippine History with Politics and Governance Laylo‚ Anelle Nica M. September 7‚ 2011 ABSTRACT The Filipinos have a rich archive of history‚ from the prehistoric era‚ to the Spaniards rule in the Philippines‚ followed by the Americans and the Japanese‚ followed by the Marcos regime‚ up to the present
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"Mi último adiós" (Spanish for "My Last Farewell") is a poem written by Philippine national hero Dr José Rizal on the eve of his executionon 30 December 1896. This poem was one of the last notes he wrote before his death; another that he had written was found in his shoe but because the text was illegible‚ its contents remains a mystery. Title Rizal did not ascribe a title to his poem. Mariano Ponce‚ his friend and fellow reformist‚ titled it Mi Último Pensamiento (My Last Thought) in the copies
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Do you ever hear a song‚ are certain of its title and artist‚ only to quickly discover that it is another entirely? It leaves you wondering‚ ‘how could I mistake this song for one so vastly different? Are the notes the same? Is there some commonality that I have previously ignored?’ Sometimes this creates a new understanding of the song‚ adding a layer of meaning that seems unrelated‚ but manages to add depth and dimension. A similar pattern can be found in literature where two essays of diverging
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Was José Martí a modern thinker? Discuss Martí’s essay ‘Nuestra América’ in the light of this idea. ‘Nuestra América’ is a revolutionary essay originally published in the United States that urges Cubans to seize control of their future and take pride in the country that they have created. After his exile from Cuba‚ José Martí spent the rest of his life as a revolutionary and dedicated himself to ‘overthrowing the Spanish authority that tyrannized the land to which he was forbidden to return’
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WRITTEN PAPER : “Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.” – Jose Ortega y Gasset In my paper I write about a quote from Jose Ortega y Gasset: “Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are”. Jose Ortega y Gasset (9 may 1883-18 octomber 1995) was a Spanish liberal philosopher and assayist working during the first half of the 20th century. His influence was considerable‚ not only because many sympathized with his philosophical writings‚ but
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS ON CORPORATE GOODNESS Harrison Hong Jeffrey D. Kubik Jose A. Scheinkman Working Paper 18476 http://www.nber.org/papers/w18476 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 October 2012 Hong and Scheinkman acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation through grants SES-0850404 and SES-07-18407. We thank Joshua Margolis‚ Dirk Jenter‚ Jeffrey Wurgler and seminar participants at St Gallen
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