Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (30 November 1863 – 10 May 1897) was a Fillipino Nationalist and revolutionary. He is often called "the father of the Philippine Revolution". He was a founder and later Supremo (supreme leader) of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution. He is considered a de facto national hero of the Philippines‚ and is also considered by some Filipino historians to be the first President
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Schulzke‚ M. 2010‚ ‘Defending the morality of violent video games’ Ethics and Information Technology Vol. 12 Issue 2‚ pp. 127-138 Schulzke’s essay argues that certain theoretical and empirical criticisms against violent video games are misguided‚ lack evidence and support rendering them ineffective. He claims that video games are defensible from perspective of philosophical theories such as Kantian‚ Aristotelian and utilitarian (p.127). The author argues that in a philosophical perspective we
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In order to reinforce the corporate governance system in Unites States‚ Cadbury Committee reviewed the financials. The idea was to inculcate openness in the system. Amongst other things‚ Director’s remuneration was to be decided on by a group of non-executives. It recommended disclosing and bifurcating elements of the salary along with an explanation as to how is it determined. Information about stock options‚ stock appreciation rights‚ and pension contributions should also be given. Moreover‚ they
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Bobbi Hugoe Sue Watts Speech Softball * Been a big part of my life since I was a little girl. I started out playing t-ball. * I have always loved it. * It is something I do for myself. I have played for 13 years. * Softball didn’t get its name until 1926. Before that it was referred to as ladies’ baseball‚ mush ball‚ or kitten ball. It was invented in Chicago. * They used a boxing glove and a broom handle to play. * The ball being soft was grounded with
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Inkheart is a heart wrenching‚ adventure‚ and fantasy book about the adventures of Meggie‚ Moe‚ dustfinger‚ and a few others exploring the consequences of Moe’s powers. We start off learning about Meggie. Her characteristics‚ her thoughts‚ her emotions. Meggie is a very head-strong brave character‚ who would take on the world for her father if she could. “Meggie wanted to ask: But why do we have to go now! But she didn’t. Nor did she ask if he had forgotten that he was meeting someone midday. She
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INTRODUCTION: Historical Fiction is a genre of writing telling true facts embedded within a fictional story. This genre of writing is used by Jackie French in the novel ‘Pharaoh’ to teach us about the life and daily practices used by the Ancient Egyptians. The novel follows the protagonist of the book‚ Narmer‚ on his journey to recover from a crippling crocodile attack and prove he deserves to be the rightful king of Thinis. Through the events retold in French’s novel we are shown that we can learn
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Toni Cade Bambara: Lesson for Change Toni Cade Bambara was a renowned author‚ educator and civil rights activist. She created short stories that drew attention and awareness to the social‚ political and economic issues of her time. “Bambara always insisted that social commitment is inseparable from the production of art.” (Andrews‚ Foster and Harris 22) “The Lesson”‚ published in 1972‚ is a short story from the collection‚ “Gorilla‚ My Love”. This story’s purpose was to bring the social inequalities
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Chapter three of Delibes’ El Camino starts with Daniel expressing the significance of the valley where he has lived since he was born. He narrates from his perspective how the village seems isolated‚ but also‚ that it is connected from north to the south to both ‘la parda y reseca llanura de Castilla y buscaban la llanura azul del mar’‚ (Delibes 43) by the railroad and the road. He reflects on how him and his friend Roque would just sit and watch the village in the summer‚ and how Roque would reflect
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Book Review 1 The book review is about the book titled “Brainwashed: the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience”. The book was published a couple of years ago in 2013 in New York by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld. I chose to write a review on this book because a couple of years ago when I started school at Portland State‚ I had joined a book club through the neuroscience club at PSU‚ where they chose this book for a term. During that time‚ the book was very trending due to some contemporary
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Law What is judicial precedent? It is a judgment of a court of law named as an authority for deciding a similar set of facts; a case‚ which serves as authority for the legal principle represented in its decisions. A judicial precedent is a decision of the court used as a source for future decision-making. Latin terminology Stare Decisis The whole doctrine is based on “stand by what you decide” which promotes fairness‚ consistency and certainty. Simply‚ just stand by your own
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