Battle of Mactan The Battle of Mactan ‚ was fought in the Philippines on 27 April 1521. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu‚ a native chieftain of Mactan Island‚ defeated Spanish forces under the command of Ferdinand Magellan‚ who was killed in the battle. Background On 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ Magellan sighted the mountains of what is now Samar while on a mission to find a westward route to the Moluccas Islands for Spain. This event marked the arrival of the first Europeans in the Archipelago
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (1864) and Andre Dubus’ “Killings” (1979) share similar story developments such as theme‚ plot‚ and character types that come together to create the perfect vengeance. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor is after revenge after being insulted by Fortunato‚ which ironically means “fortunate.” Montresor pettily plans his revenge according to his knowledge of Fortunato’s love of wine‚ lures him (Fortunato) into a wine cellar and then into a small crypt
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Lionel Messi Lionel Andres Messi‚ known as Messi‚ is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona as a forward or a winger. Considered to be the finest player on Earth‚ Messi has received dozens of trophies and awards. Messi is the perfect attacking player‚ he was completely two-footed‚ a prolific finisher‚ exceptional at dribbling and passing‚ and was a remarkably good tackler for a forward. The Argentine superstar was born on the 24th June 1987 in Rosario‚ Argentina to Jorge Horacio
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Fat Chance for the “Fat Tax” Our bodies and what we put into them is our own business unless someone else is harmed in the process. I can understand a tax on drinkers and smokers because drinkers can harm others when they get behind the wheel of a car‚ and secondhand smoke is a killer of many‚ but a tax on what people eat is preposterous. People are still going to eat junk food no matter what the cost is; look at smoking‚ the price of cigarettes keeps going up but people continue to buy them
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The Tragedy Of Andres Bonifacio Philippine Daily Inquirer November 27‚ 2005 Isagani A. Cruz Let me express these non-historian’s thoughts about a patriot of our land whose birth anniversary we shall celebrate this coming Wednesday. It is an official holiday declared by law in his honor as Bonifacio Day. Andres Bonifacio was the unknown indio who organized and led the Katipunan that was to ignite the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and ultimately free this country from Spanish rule after more than
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Andres Bonifacio (1863-1897)‚ a Philippine revolutionary hero‚ founded the Katipunan‚ a secret society which spearheaded the uprising against the Spanish and laid the groundwork for the first Philippine Republic. Andres Bonifacio was born in Tondo‚ Manila‚ on Nov. 30‚ 1863. He grew up in the slums and knew from practical experience the actual conditions of the class struggle in his society. Orphaned early‚ he interrupted his primary schooling in order to earn a living as a craftsman and then as
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Bibliography Examples You should compile a bibliography when writing an essay‚ article‚ or research paper that relies heavily on source material. A bibliography is an alphabetized list of sources that have been used to compile data‚ typically in an article‚ essay‚ or research paper. This list is found at the end of the work and allows the person reviewing the data to verify the veracity of the statements and/or figures presented in the data itself. It also allows a writer to give proper credit for
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André Kertész Photographic master André or Andor Kertész was born on July 2‚ 1984 in the European capital of Budapest in Hungary. While working as a clerk at his city’s stock exchange in 1912‚ he purchased his first camera and created his earliest form of art work‚ some of which were published in his country’s magazines. He spent years as an amateur photographer and eventually moved to the French capital of Paris in 1925 where he began his career as a freelance photographer. During his stay
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Surrealism is a style of art and literature stressing the subconscious or non-rational significance of imagery. Andre Breton is thought to be the founding leader of the surrealist movement. Breton was a follower of Dadaism movement but believed it should have more of a direction. Dada art was known as anti-art by its proponents‚ it stood in direct opposition of everything art stood for. Where ‘art’ was concerned with aesthetic‚ ‘anti-art’ was not. Dadaism was a protest against war and characterized
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molecular level – Tutoring for biology Saturated fat vs. unsaturated fat Saturated fat has a lot of single carbon bonds. This makes them much straighter in shape and therefore easier to stack together. It’s called “saturated” fat because the molecule has the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms attached to it as possible. Unsaturated fat has double carbon bonds. Each double carbon bond means two less hydrogen atoms on the molecule. Unsaturated fat also is kinked at each double bond‚ disrupting the
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