September 1868‚ when naval forces under admiral Juan Bautista Topete mutinied in Cadiz – the same place that Rafael del Riego had launched his coup against Isabella’s father a half-century before. Narváez deserted the queen‚ as did her chief minister‚ Luis González Bravo. Generals Juan Prim and Francisco Serrano denounced the government and much of the army defected to the revolutionary generals on their arrival in Spain. The queen made a brief show of force at the Battle of Alcolea‚ where her loyal
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Always Running “There are choices you have to make not just once”- Luis J. Rodriguez In 1993‚ Luis Rodriguez wrote an autobiographical book Always Running. Within months the Book Banning made Always Running their number one target calling it ungodly‚ antifamily‚ radical‚ and harmful. Rockford school district member‚ Ed Sharp‚ went to the extent of stating‚ “I challenge anyone who knows how the mind works‚ after reading this book‚ not to be more likely to assume the lifestyle of a gang person
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Journal – Always Running – Second Week (Chapter 3-5) Summary: Luis describes his life as part of the gang‚ saying that he and his friends are in a vacant lot they had claimed as their own‚ furnished with old sofas and covered by plastic to keep off at least some of the rain when an old car comes by. Two of the group go to the street to get a better look and one‚ Clavo‚ is shot in the face. Clavo loses an eye in the shooting. Luis and Rano do many jobs‚ ranging from cleaning houses‚ lawns‚ pools
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Tillerson brings with him to this position experience in an area that his predecessors had little or no exposure to at all…global management. The Exxon Valdez At the center of Exxon-Mobil’s poor image are its questionable ethical performance record and a history of poor social responsibility performance‚ the most notable of these being the Exxon Valdez disaster. Exxon attempted to displace blame for this event on to third parties instead of accepting responsibility for the tragedy and taking immediate
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Luis and Jing-Mei were always different as kids. They never really fit in‚ never were quite normal. In the short stories titled "Two Kinds" and "Catch the Moon" have many similarities but are also quite different. Luis is a troubled kid. He was actually quite normal for many years until his mother died from cancer. He became angry and started hanging out with the wrong people. Luis even made his own gang called the Tiburones‚ which means sharks in Spanish. He even went to juvenile hall when he broke
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MY BROTHER‚ MY EXECUTIONER F. SIONIL JOSE Characterization Don Vicente is the landlord who appears as the central figure in the story. He is also Luis Asperri’s father. However‚ his character is nothing but a stereotype of the rich – powerful‚ thus‚ usually hated and who also had an affair with a poor tenant. Luis Asperri is the product of the abovementioned affair. He spent his boyhood with his mother in Sipnget but later on lived with Don Vicente in Manila. There he studied and
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order to have the knowledge on how to solve this problem effectively. Oil spill is perhaps the most publicly acknowledged cause of sea pollution. Large tanker accident like the Exxon Valdez had been rapidly known worldwide. This incident happened in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska in March 1989‚ where the Exxon Valdez‚ an oil tanker‚ grounded on Bligh Reef‚ spilling almost 11 million gallons of crude oil. It is considered as one of the most devastating human-caused environmental tragedy. Plenty of people
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wants to change about her; he wants her to fit in. But in the end Stargirl shows Leo that fitting in doesn’t matter. The main conflict in the novel The Lost Hero is: people vs. time. In this thrilling novel‚ Jason Grace‚ Piper Lévesque‚ and Leo Valdez have themselves a quest! It’s a race against time to find Hera/Juno‚ free her‚ and kill the rising giant Porphyrion. But they have other tasks along the way. Like saving Pipers dad furthermore capturing venti (a.k.a. wind spirits). Through this journey
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MIGUEL MALVAR: SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Atty. Joanna Marie A. Liao This research paper was made in response to the query of Vice President Jejomar Binay as to whether or not General Miguel Malvar could be declared as the second President of the Philippines. After careful examination of the available resources on the matter‚ I am of the opinion that there is sufficient basis to support such claim. Allow me to provide a brief summary of the events that transpired in the war efforts
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