seventh child into the world at Calamba‚ Laguna. They named the boy Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda. The Mercado family were wealthy farmers who rented land from the Dominican religious order. Descendants of a Chinese immigrant named Domingo Lam-co‚ they changed their name to Mercado ("market") under the pressure of anti-Chinese feeling amongst the Spanish colonizers. From an early age‚ Jose Rizal Mercado showed a precocious intellect. He learned the alphabet from his mother at 3‚ and
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1. Describe the development of Spanish rule over its territory in America? The Spaniards came to North America as conquerors in order to disperse catholic religion and to collect fortunes of wealth in gold and silver‚ and increase the glory of imperial Spain. Hernan Cortes‚ driven by the dreams of gold and glory‚ set sail for Mexico from Cuba along with 600 soldiers. Cortes convinced the Totomacs‚ a society conquered by Mexica‚ to join him in assault against dominant Mexica. He led an expedition
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including Cebu Business Park‚ Mactan Export Processing Zone; Hospitals; Transportation which includes taxis‚ tricycles‚ jeepneys and pedicabs; Centers of Tourism and Culture such as Magellan’s Cross‚ Fort San Pedro‚ PlzIndependencia‚ Basilica Minore del Santo Nino‚ Taoist Temple and beaches. ITENIRARY Cebu
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Geography Province of Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur (Filipino:Timog Ilokos) is a province of the Philippines located along the western coast of Northern Luzon. Ilocos Sur is bounded by Ilocos Norte in the North‚ Abra in the Northeast‚ Mt. Province in the East‚ Benguet in the Southeast‚ La Union in the South and Luzon Sea and Lingayen Gulf in the West. The province falls within latitudes 16° 40’ to 17° 54’ north and longitudes 120° 20’ to 120° 56’ east. Vigan City‚ the provincial capital is approximately
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1) Why has Kodak learned so little about the gelatin manufacturing process in 150 years? Why is the learning curve so flat in gelatin manufacture? The gelatin current process: It was a almost a craft production It has been passed from generations to generations It has relatively worked well The process was largely uninfluenced by new technologies Why? No one has stopped to look at the process with a scientific approach. Kodak had a culture or people mentality that were averse to changes
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not learn in any of the history classes. To begin with‚ I did not know that Christopher Columbus had departed for the New World more than once. In addition‚ two islands had names that were significant. For example‚ the first islands name was Santo Domingo‚ since he discovered it on Sunday‚ and the second island Santa Maria la Gallante for the love of his ship the Santa Maria. The following incidents caused me to have a different perception of Christopher Columbus: his first voyage‚ he (Christopher
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beautiful place. It is located near Central America‚ is nation on the island of Hispaniola. It borders Haiti. It is the second biggest country on the Carrabian Island‚ after Cuba. The whole country measures the area of 48442 km2. Its capital is Santo Domingo and is in the south coast of Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is also made up of many islands. There are four rivers in Dominican Republic. Yaque del Norte is the longest‚ most important Dominican river. There are also many lakes. The largest
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flood-affected areas. These series of photos show some of the flooded streets in Quezon City due to continuous heavy rains since Monday until Tuesday. Clockwise from top left are Epifanio Delos Santos Ave. (EDSA) corner Quezon Ave. near the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station; Quezon Ave. near the Sto. Domingo Church‚ and Sgt. E. Rivera and Araneta Ave. The floods forced many commuters to walk due to the absence of public transportation such as buses‚ passenger jeepneys‚ taxicabs and tricycles. This
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the pre-World War II Tribune‚ where he worked as a proofreader. It was accepted by the writer and editor Serafín Lanot. After Joaquin won a nationwide essay competition to honor La Naval de Manila‚ sponsored by the Dominican Order‚ the University of Santo Tomas awarded him an honorary Associate in Arts (A.A.). They also awarded him a scholarship to St. Albert ’s Convent‚ the Dominican monastery in Hong Kong. Career After returning to the Philippines‚ Joaquin joined the Philippines Free Press‚
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Italy L’Aquila Rome North American Plate Haiti Caribbean Plate Eurasian Plate African Plate South America Haiti Magnitude 7.0 Focus 13.0 km deep North American Plate Cuba L’Aquila Magnitude 6.3 Focus 8.8 km deep L’Aquila Haiti Santo Domingo N N Caribbean Plate Port-au-Prince 0 10 km 0 120 km Key Epicentre Shock waves Fault line Plate boundary Turn over Insert to G/T77080.01/June 2012/40301H 4 Figure 3 0 160 km Key Granite Chalk Clay Carboniferous limestone
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