flashes back to 1886‚ when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later‚ Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896‚ Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their
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“Technology creates opportunities for people and organizations to realize their full potential” is the thought driving Microsoft’s corporate citizenship program. With the enduring commitment to serve needs of communities worldwide Microsoft is playing the role of a responsible global citizen. Going far beyond its products and services it has collaborated with business partners‚ governments and non profit organizations around the globe to fulfil its commitment. It delivers new technology to people
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Term Report Microsoft Surface Table Acknowledgements We would like to express our deepest appreciation for our professor‚ Dr. Michael Kamins. It would have been practically impossible for us to pursue this project without his invaluable advice and guidance. We would also like to thank our classmates for encouraging us during our presentation and providing great advice to improve our project. We would also like to thank the Stony Brook College of Business for allowing us to use the
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NOKIA AND MICROSOFT News from Microsoft -1.28% in the last few days – 4Q14 earnings‚ an announcement of 18‚000 layoffs‚ and the release of a memo from Microsoft’s EVP of devices Stephen Elop about rightsizing – has brought about a clearer picture of Microsoft’s plans for Nokia Nokia’s phones‚ which it acquired in April for $7 billion. Nokia was one of many cellphone manufacturers that struggled as Apple -1.13%’s iOS and Google GOOGL -1.92%’s Android gained dominance of the smartphone market and displaced
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away from the present and the tension and pressure. Similarly in “El Dorado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the “knight” is on a journey and experiences a time shift from present into the future‚ and gets closer to death. This shows how the setting of some stories has a stimulating force in human behavior. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “El Dorado” identifies the speaker’s quest to death. The “knight” is a man‚ in which is searching for a place called ‘El Dorado’. As months‚ then years passes by‚ the knight grows older
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“El Presidente” Early revolutions did not succeeded because of lack of national consciousness. Until the martyrdom of the three priest named “GOMBURZA” awaken the senses of the Filipinos and triggers them to fight for our freedom. Inspired by the writings of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ Andres Bonifacio managed to create a Katipunan Brotherhood making him as a Supreme Leader. But‚ Katipunan (KKK) later discovered by the Spanish authorities so Bonifacio decided to set up a revolutionary government. Then‚
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economy are examined through his participant-observation of El Barrio in East Harlem NYC. For several years‚ beginning in 1985 when he rented an apartment in Spanish Harlem‚ Philippe engaged in an ethnographic study of the street life in that haven. He befriended a Puerto Rican crack entrepreneur by the name of Ray and his subordinates Primo and Caesar. Learning street smarts was pivotal in gaining their trust. As a white man in El Barrio you were either an "undercover
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EXCERPTS FROM EL FILIBUSTERISMO Into the midst of the silence the priest’s voice broke sad and deliberate‚ but consoling: "God will forgive you‚ Señor--Simoun‚ " he said. "He knows that we are fallible‚ He has seen that you have suffered‚ and in ordaining that the chastisement for your faults should come as death from the very ones you have instigated to crime‚ we can see His infinite mercy. He has frustrated your plans one by one‚ the best conceived‚ first by the death of Maria Clara‚ then
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Thinking about a better future‚ one day she‚ three of her siblings‚ and her mother decided to come to the United States. They paid about five hundred dollars per person for someone as they call it in Mexico “El Coyote” to help them cross the border.“El Coyote” is a person who smuggles immigrants to the United States with for a cost. They stayed a couple of days in Mexicali with one of their relatives still indecisive about coming to the United States. When they all made a firm
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States. El Nino is one of the largest scientific phenomenons that scientists have ever explored. The main concepts of El Nino are very simple and there are many variations‚ causes‚ affects‚ and relationships to study. The main idea behind El Nino is that the wind changes direction across the Pacific Ocean. In a non El Nino year (normal)‚ the trade winds blow from east to west across the ocean‚ from North and South America towards the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean. In an El Nino year
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