Result of dance sport categories during the Olympics’ 2012 ? Olympic sports are sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics included 26 sports‚ with two additional sports due to be added to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 2014 Winter Olympics will include seven sports.[1] The number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. Each Olympic sport is represented by aninternational governing body‚ namely an International Federation (IF).[2]
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Reflection Paper on ‘Umaaraw‚ Umuulan Kinakasal ang Tikbalang’ Since our childhood days‚ we are very familiar with the Philippine folklore introduced to us by the Spanish friars namely: the tikbalang‚ aswang‚ mananaggal‚ kapre and the like. Who would have thought that these creatures are in fact friends of the animals commonly around us and act as guardians of Mother Earth? This brilliant idea spawned from a short story written by Gilda Cordero-Fernandez entitled The Magic Circle and amazingly
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The Rich Man and the Poor Man "Food and money I give to you‚ Why do you shout so mercily When I give you your part?" queried the rich man. The poor man replied: "Your question you cannot answer For from pain and agony you are free‚ But I have suffered and borne The situation that I don’t like to be in." "That I couldn’t understand Because Life for me is easy; I take this and take that‚ And life is just what I want it to be." consented the rich man. "Comfort your
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Crouching Tiger‚ Hidden Dragon is a multi award winning martial arts film. The film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors. This movie was made on a $17 million budget and was a huge international success‚ grossing $213.5 million and is a very worthy candidate for inclusion in the film festival. Characterisation: The movie opens with the return of Li Mu Bai from the Green Mountain where he reunites with his friend‚ Yu Shu Lien‚ a female warrior. Both
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Historiku How it Began What began as a small family-run candle and soap business‚ grew through innovation‚ creative marketing and partnerships to become the largest consumer goods company in the world. P&G WAS FOUNDED IN 1837 BY TWO MEN WHO MET BY CHANCE. William Procter‚ emigrating from England‚ established himself as a candle maker in Cincinnati‚ which was a busy center of commerce and industry in the early nineteenth century. And James Gamble
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K’ang Hsi was the was the third son of the Shunzhi emperor. Upon Shunzhi’s sudden death from smallpox K’ang Hsi was instantly put to power over his five brothers. His chosen reign name was Kangxi which means “Peaceful harmony.” Because K’ang Hsi was not quite seven years old‚ his government was run by four conservative Manchu courtiers from the preceding reign. One of the first political acts of the for imperial advisors was to replace the so-called Thirteen Offices with a Neiwufu‚ or Office of Household
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1. INTRODUCTION Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either wild animals or domesticated animals such as livestock and pets. This may include for example farms‚ private and zoos. Keeping animals in human captivity and under human care can thus be distinguished between three primary categories according to the particular motives‚ objectives and conditions. The domestication of animals is the oldest documented
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The Babylonians: Unifiers of Mesopotamia Article The Babylonians began their rise to power in the region of Mesopotamia around 1900 B.C. This was at a time when Mesopotamia was largely unstable‚ prone to conflict and invasion‚ and not at all unified. This early period‚ known as the Old Babylonian Period‚ is characterized by over 300 years of rule of theAmorites‚ who had come from west of the Euphrates River‚ and formed an empire based in the city-state of Babylon. This empire was a monarchy that
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CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS ECONOMY Weather is one of the important elements in a certain county. Philippines is a tropical country and had two seasons: dry season and wet season. Being a tropical country‚ Philippines experience a hot weather which http://www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/weather/climate/tropical-climate.html stated that tropical climate has an average temperature above 18ºC. Climate change is one of the disasters that can barely affect the economy of a certain country. Baguio City‚
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THE TALE OF TONYO THE BRAVE by Maria Aleah G. Taboclaon COME here‚ mga apo. You want me to tell you a story? Then you must come nearer‚ and sit at my feet. Don’t interrupt me‚ as my memory is as fleeting as the summer breeze‚ and you may find that an interrupted story is worse than no story at all. I had been telling you war stories before‚ of things that happened to your father and to your father’s father‚ who was my brother. Now‚ what I am going to tell
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