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    heritage. In this book‚ Paz argues why solitude is responsible for the Mexican’s perspective on very personal things in the Spanish culture such as death‚ fiestas‚ and identity (N/A. 1998). He claims that part of every Mexican’s identity is denied because of the combination of the uncertainty behind death and the sense of communality behind fiestas. This “self-denial” traps all into a world of solitude‚ most without ever realizing it. Perhaps the most famous line in the book is: “Solitude is the profoundest

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    Culture of Philippines

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    Culture of Philippines Many people may ask where is the Philippines? The Philippines is an island nation located in Southeast Asia. Well known for the rich cultural heritage and a rich natural environment in the atmosphere widely throughout the country. Although Filipino culture acknowledges and greets visitors with a strikingly Western character‚ a strong Asian appearance shortly unravels soon after‚ creating a friendly and hospitable image Filipinos hold with unity of their diverse origins from

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    * Tinikling in Oil - Oil on canvas. Farmers dancing the traditional bamboo dance‚ named after the field birds that jump about with their long legs. This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown celebrating a fiesta in Antipolo. The main focus is on a pair of dancers in the field surrounded by revelers both young and old.  * Harvest - The rice planting means‚ to remember the history/culture of every filipino human that the our farmers is the main topic. Rice

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    ZARA

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    ZARA CASE STUDY: THE COMPANY WHERE EVETHING COMMUNICATES Paloma Díaz Soloaga and Mercedes Monjo ZARA CASE STUDY THE COMPANY WHERE EVERYTHING COMMUNICATES Paloma Díaz Soloaga. Head of Fashion Communication and Management. Centro Universitario Villanueva. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. SPAIN soloaga@villanueva.edu Mercedes Monjo. Responsible Textile International Marketing‚ Men’s Collection Carrefour. SPAIN This case has been published by the Journal HARVARD DEUSTO MARKETING

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    Liceo de Cagayan University COLLEGE OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE Rodolfo N. Pelaez Boulevard‚ Kauswagan‚ Cagayan de Oro City An Organic Chemistry Project About Saturated and Unsaturated Fats in Vegetable Oils‚ Margarines‚ and Peanut Butters Submitted by : Zedrik O. Ortiz Submitted to : Dr. Luzviminda H. Saliga DEFINITION OF TERMS Saturated fat is a fatty acid that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids. Saturated fatty acids have no double bonds between the

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    My Name and Its Meaning

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    Before I was born my parents had started looking for names they could give me. Since they had no idea if I was a boy or girl they came up with names for each sex. Each male name they had in mind for me had value along with each girl name. My mother and father had come up with a list of names they each liked.   So once I was born my parents decided they wanted a family name and dubbed me Gabriela Patricia. Gabriela is my uncle’s name in feminine form and my mother was very fond of it and thought it

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    perpetuating dominant social discourses (Robinson & Jones Diaz‚ 2006‚ p.89). The resulting experiential knowledge acquired from parents and teachers through such an upbringing has major implications for the ways in which students filter information that ‘encompasses a variety of social‚ cultural‚ economic and symbolic meanings that shift across socio-economic class‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ ‘race’‚ age and sexuality’ (Robinson & Jones Diaz‚ 2006‚ p.82). Thus‚ the filtering of such meanings suggests

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    Civil war had destroyed both social stability and the economy. Also‚ few people had enough political experience to bind Mexico together. The first constitution‚ spread in 1824‚ giving state legislators the power to elect both the president and the vice president. A result of this constitution‚ caused a series of weak presidents struggled to form an effective government. During this time‚ Mexico’s political elite began to divide into two opposing factions: conservatives and liberals. The conservatives

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    SUMMER LOVE By: Carlisle Naudyn Caroro Ice cream on a hot day. Going to the beach. Sleepless nights. Good hair days. Taking a leisure walk along the boulevard. ILC 2013 in Metro Manila. A Hong Kong Disneyland spree. Frolicking under the sun and simply living in that moment—just a few of the things I planned for my summer bucket list. My thoughts were more tangled than the students around me as we gather for our Commencement Exercises. My left eye got badly infected and turned crimson red‚ the

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    Against Bullfighting

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    October 24‚ 2011 José Pliego San Martín In 2010 15‚000 bulls were killed only in Spain‚ you know why? Because of bullfighting. Bullfighting is a so called “tradition” in Spain‚ Portugal and some Latin American countries like Mexico and Venezuela. Reality is bullfighting is only a constant torture to a poor bull unable to defend itself. So that you can understand me better I am going to tell you about the Spanish-style bullfighting: A man‚ dressed like a clown‚ tortures and torments a bull with

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