Domenicos Theotocopoulos‚ otherwise known as El Greco‚ was born in Crete in 1541 and died in 1614‚ Domenicos was a talented Cretan painter‚ architect‚ and sculptor. He was given the name El Greco‚ translated literally as "the Greece"‚ because he was born on the island of Crete in 1521 and at that time Crete belonged to Greece. El Greco lived on the island of Crete until the age of 25 when he left to explore the world. In Venice‚ El Greco worked under Titian who was considered the Great Master
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between two Spanish football giants- FC Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The rivalry between these two has become such a loud issue in football such that any meeting between the two is simply‚ elegantly and without exaggeration known as ‘El Clasico’. El Clasico (also known as El Derbi Español) is the name given in football to a match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. It is contested twice every La Liga season and if the clubs meet in other competitions. It is the second most followed football match worldwide
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A. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District‚ 393 U.S. 503 (1969). The students were suspended from school for showing their support of the anti-war movement. Wearing the armbands was protected by the First Amendment. It is implied that there are limitations to free speech in a school area‚ but the principal lacked the reasoning for imposing the limitations in this case. It was not shown that the conduct from the students would substantially interfere with appropriate school discipline
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8 August 2013 Hon. DEL R. DE GUZMAN Mayor Marikina City Hall Marikina City Dear Hon. De Guzman: Greetings from the General Parents Teachers Association (GPTA) of Concepcion Integrated School! The Concepcion Integrated School at the beginning of the school year had elected new officials for the General Parents Teachers Association for the school year 2013 to 2014. We are very positive and aggressive that this school year will really make a difference in the implementation and performance of the
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Jose V. Ayala‚ Jr. was born on 22 April 1932 in Ermita‚ Manila. He was a poet‚ a fictionist and a painter. His wife‚ Tita Lacambra is also a poet/fictionist and one of their children‚ Joey Ayala‚ is a well-known poet‚ composer and singer. He finished biology at the Ateneo de Manila and agriculture at the UP Los Baños‚ Laguna. After teaching and farming for several years‚ he worked as an advertising copy editor‚ editor for the US Information Service‚ and writer and fiction editor for the Philippine
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great deeds‚ making little of the normal‚ everyday struggles that make him human. That is why we look at him and people like him as just figures who did great things in the past. I‚ however‚ believe that to learn more about him‚ to truly understand who José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda really is‚ we need to be able to relate with him. I absolutely understand that it is hard to dwell much in the simplicities of Rizal’s life‚ but I wouldn’t mind knowing even the smallest of details just so that
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El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters along the tropical west coast of South America. El Nino has an impact on ocean temperatures‚ the speed and strength of ocean currents‚ the health of coastal fisheries‚ and local weather from Australia to South America. El Niño events occur irregularly at two- to seven-year intervals. However‚ it is not a regular cycle‚ or strictly predictable in the sense that ocean tides are. El Niño has long been recognized
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Jose Feliciano born in September 10‚ 1945‚ is a famous Puerto Rican singer. He is a virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single “Feliz Navidad”. Feliciano was born in Lares‚ Puerto Rico‚ one of eleven sons. When he was five‚ his family moved to Spanish Harlem‚ New York City. At the age of nine he played at the Teatro Puerto Rico in the Bronx. He started his musical life with the accordion until his father and family friend‚ Benjamin
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Tanaya Devasthali TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………....3 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….3 2.2 DEFINING TERMS AND CONCEPTUALIZING RELATIONSHIPS 2.2.1 EL-NINO………………………………………………………………………...4 2.2.2 SOUTHERN OSCILLATION…………………………………………………6 2.2.3 LA NINA………………………………………………………………………...7 2.2.4 CLIMATE AND ITS MEASUREMENT……………………………………..7 2.2.5 CLIMATE SYSTEM……………………………………………………………8 2.2.6 CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE……………………9
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One of the most famous artists during the Renaissance was El Greco. He was born in 1541 in the city of Crete. El Greco’s real name is Domenikos Theotokopoulos. His fathers name was Georgios Theotokopoulos. However‚ his mother was unknown‚ but we do know that she was Greek. This famous artist learned his skills and talents from Titan in Venice. Since he was little he was interested and enthusiastic in training as an icon painter. El Greco also dreamed about studying in a Cretan school‚ but other than
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