Basilica de San Martin de Tours Basilica de San Martin de Tours is considered to be the largest church in the Philippines and in Asia. The construction of the church was spearheaded by Father Diego Espinar in 1575. The town of Taal‚ Batangas is located in the Archdiocese of Lipa‚ Batangas. St. Martin de Tours is the patron saint of the said town‚ whose fiesta or feast day is celebrated every November 11. In 1754‚ the church was destroyed along with its neighbouring town‚ Taal‚ in the largest eruption
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Schuchardt Mr. Derico September 13‚ 2012 College English 2 The Outcasts of Poker Flat and the Metaphor of Texas Hold ‘em The story of “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte is a beautifully written narrative about a character named Mr. John Oakhurst. During the story‚ Oakhurst is placed through a variety of situations that eventually lead to his subtle death. The story of “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” follows as a parallel to the game of Texas Hold ‘em in a very unique way. In the game
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Pros & Cons in the K+12 Basic Educations A major change in our country’s educational landscape is about to take place: the Department of Education (DepEd) is launching the K-12 curriculum. According to President Benigno S. Aquino‚ “We need to add two years to our basic education. Those who can afford pay up to fourteen years of schooling before university. Thus‚ their children are getting into the best universities and the best jobs after graduation. I want at least 12 years for our public school
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Title of the Movie “BAYANING 3RD WORLD” Cast of Characters Ricky Davao as Filmmaker # 1 Cris Villanueva as Filmmaker # 2 Joel Torre as Jose Rizal Daria Ramirez as Teodora Alonzo – mother of Jose Joonee Gamboa as Paciano – brother of Jose Rio Locsin as Trinidad – sister of Jose Cherry Pie Picache as Narcisa – sister of Jose Lara Fabregas as Josephine Bracken – an Irish‚ the last love of Rizal Ed Rocha as Fr. Vicente Balaguer – the one who is responsible in the release of the Retraction Paper Bon
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Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman is a book that outlines the causes of climate change‚ argues against those who refuse to believe in climate change‚ proposes solutions to the challenges of climate change‚ and urges the United States to be at the forefront of these solutions. Friedman argues that the United States would be able to overcome the Great Recession if it shifted its focus on finding viable alternatives to fossil fuels and reforming our current energy systems. Freidman begins
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The major theme that is in this documentary is self explanatory which is arguing that the earth is flat. This documentary and our class in my point of view both have a smilier theme. A simple answer is that they both discuss myths. For example in the documentary‚ Mark discusses that the Earth is flat and tries providing many points of proof and in class we had earlier talked about the Lion Gate in Argolid‚ Greece. According to Greek mythology‚ the Lion Gate was built by cyclops because physically
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Mystery of ‘K’ in CMYK The K in CMYK stands for “Key”‚ but the answer is much more interesting than that. The “key plate” is said to add the “detail” to a printed image. This is true in that the black plate in a four color process print pushes the contrast and creates “detail”. Many people suggest that the theory of using K instead of B because it may be easily confused with “Blue” is a myth. While it is highly speculative what the reasoning is‚ there are context clues as to why it may actually
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‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ The play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ composed by John Misto‚ is primarily focused on the incarceration of women and children in P.O.W (Prisoner Of War) camps located in the jungles of Japan in World War Two‚ rather than the most common factors of the male soldier wartime stories and other masculine hardships dealt with at the time. As the play unfolds Misto presents the audience with various theatrical components to convey the relationship of two women being interviewed to reminisce
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Analysis on Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 3‚ op. 2‚ Allegro con brio Composers since the early classical era have used sonata form to express through music ideas which are at once complex and unified. This form contains a variety of themes and permutations of these themes‚ but is brought together into a comprehensible whole when these excerpts reappear. Beethoven‚ in the first movement of his Piano Sonata Opus 2 Number 3 utilizes this form to its full potential‚ modifying the typical structure in
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K+12 Education in the Philippines What is K+12? * K+12 means Kindergarten and the 12 years of elementary and secondary education. Kindergarten refers to the 5-year old cohort that takes a standardized kinder curriculum. Elementary education refers to primary schooling that involves six or seven years of education Secondary education refers to high school. Features of K 6-4-2 (1) Kindergarten and 12 years of quality basic education is a right of every Filipino‚ therefore they must be
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