Philippines * Known by many names in song and story. * Before Magellan’s arrival‚ Chinese traders called it “Mai” meaning “Land of Barbarians”. Pearl of the Orient Seas * The names which modern writers give. * The most romantic name of our country. * One of the beautiful land in the Far East. Philippines * Northernmost point: Y’Ami Isle 78 miles from Taiwan * Southernmost tip: Salvage Isle 34 miles from Borneo Philippines * An archipelago of 7‚ 107 islands. 2
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Research Journals Full Length Research Paper Influence of social-cultural factors on gender imbalance in appointment of head teachers in mixed secondary schools in Vihiga district‚ Kenya Phanice Ingasia Chisikwa St Ann Buyangu Girls High School‚ P.O. BOX 42 Gisambai‚ Kenya. E-mail: pingasia@yahoo.com Accepted 15 November‚ 2010 Women are under-represented in school headship in many parts of the world. Social-cultural reasons have been used to explain this discrepancy‚ particularly in Western
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Socio-economic Aspect I. Introduction Ecocell Thundervolts Company embraces its social responsibility to the community while satisfying the needs of the customers. As a business entity the company is assuring that it complies with the rules and regulations given by the government. Occurring throughout the last half of the 20th century to the present has been a continuous interaction between companies and consumer psychologies. When companies are first formed‚ the usual goal is to fill
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PHILIPPINES‚ A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY The Philippines is known for its beautiful topography‚ wonderful culture and lifestyle‚ rich natural resources‚ many tourist destinations‚ friendly‚ hospitable and peace-loving inhabitants. It is also known for its beautiful Filipinas‚ and for its religiosity. Yet‚ we are third world country. Extreme and misguided religiosity appears to be one of the major characteristics of third world countries. We are a religious country and we have an abundance of poor
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Trivia Questions 1) Why should we first put the coffee before the creamer? Ans. The coffee is color black it has an emissivity of 1 which means it absorbs more heat than the creamer. Otherwise‚ if you do it the other way around it would take time for the coffee to dissolve 2) Louis Vuitton prefers to burn some items which are not sold rather than to put it on sale. 3) Some people would prefer to drink hot coffee because only at a temperature between 50-85°C oil and minerals that eliminate
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European architecture‚ and the heavily ornamented style of music that came out of the renaissance. Today‚ the term ‘Baroque’ refers to a clearly definable genre of music which occurred between 1600-1750. In this essay‚ I will be talking about the socio-cultural influences on music during the baroque period‚ the philosophy of baroque composers‚ some famous and influential composers of the era‚ musical forms that came to define the baroque period‚ some characteristics of baroque music‚ and finally
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It is evident that the social and economic developments in the South Pacific societies are hindered by their social and cultural system. Religious beliefs and Traditional land tenure are a few of the major obstacles to ways in which development can be well planned and implemented. Religious beliefs can neglect an individual’s financial needs‚ limiting ones performance‚ promote incompetence in the workforce and restrict tourist movement while on the other hand‚ limitation on traditional land tenure
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Primate socio-ecology varies and has different determinants that decide many different characteristics. As a virtual paleontologist‚ we discovered two different sites and skeletal remains in Kenya and deductively reasoned their mating habits‚ group size‚ and several other characteristics about the Praeanthropus dimorphicus and the Praeanthropus monomorphicus with what I know about primate socio-ecology. Based on my prior knowledge‚ logic‚ and reasoning‚ by looking at skeletal remains we are able
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES!!! BY: AMMARAH SULIMAN GRADE 10 WHAT DOES SOCIO- ECONOMICS MEAN? Socioeconomics is an area that governs the understandings and the activities of individuals that shape them as economically active WHAT IS SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES? socio-economic issues are the problems that socioeconomics tackles and the factors that have negative influence on the individuals’ economic activity. Such issues are lack of education‚ cultural and religious discrimination‚ overpopulation‚ unemployment
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THE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT introduction The Philippines is an archipelago comprising some 7‚100 islands with a total land area of almost 300‚000 square kilometres. Indonesia‚ Malaysia and Brunei border the Philippines to the south‚ China—and Taiwan—to the north‚ Vietnam to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Three main island groups divide the country: Luzon in the north‚ the Visayas in the centre‚ and Mindanao in the south. Luzon and Mindanao together make up 65 per cent of the Philippines’
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