The massacre of 1603: Chinese perception of the Spaniards in the Philippines José Eugenio Borao National Taiwan University From a historiographic point of view‚ the incident of 1603 acquires special significance in the long and tragic history of Chinese massacres in the Philippines. For compared to all the rest‚ this has been the best chronicled‚ not only in Spanish‚ but also in Chinese sources. Moreover‚ both coincide in the presentation of facts and are alike in the ordering of events. When
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USE OF NONWOOD PLANT FIBERS FOR PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY IN ASIA: POTENTIAL IN CHINA By Mudit Chandra Degree Paper Submitted to the Faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF FORESTRY IN WOOD SCIENCE AND FOREST PRODUCTS APPROVED: A. L. Hammett‚ Chairman J. D. Dolan C. D. West August‚ 1998 Blacksburg‚ Virginia USE OF NONWOOD PLANT FIBERS FOR PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY IN ASIA: POTENTIAL
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ingredients for common dishes were obtained from locally raised livestock. These ranged from kalabaw (water buffaloes)‚baka (cows)‚ manok (chickens) and baboy (pigs) to various kinds of fish and seafood. In 3200 BCE‚ Austronesians from the southern China Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Taiwan settled in the region that is now called the Philippines. They brought with them knowledge of rice cultivation and other farming
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Intercultural Communication Studies XIV: 2 2005 Hoffer - Language Borrowing Language Borrowing and the Indices of Adaptability and Receptivity Bates L. Hoffer Trinity University Introduction One of the most easily observable results of intercultural contact and communication is the set of loanwords that is imported into the vocabulary of each language involved. The field of cultures and languages in contact (Weinreich 1953) has grown a great deal over the past fifty years. From the early studies
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide In partial fulfilment Of the requirements in Total Quality Management 12 October‚ 2010 I. INTRODUCTION Being one of the of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world‚ Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide‚ Inc. already has nearly 1000 properties in some 100 countries and approximately 145‚000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels and Resorts is a fully integrated owner‚ operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts
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PAPERS Managing Global Projects: A Structured Approach for Better Performance Vittal Anantatmula‚ College of Business‚ Western Carolina University‚ Cullowhee‚ NC‚ USA Michael Thomas‚ College of Business‚ Western Carolina University‚ Cullowhee‚ NC‚ USA ABSTRACT ■ The purpose of this research effort is to develop a model for improving the performance of global projects using the underlying relations among the important enablers and barriers of global project performance. A number of factors
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Evaluation of antidiabetic and antimicrobial activity of jasminum grandiflorum leaves INTRODUTION 1.1. The pancreas and insulin formation The pancreas is an elongated organ situated next to the first part of the small intestine. It is both an endocrine gland that produces hormones‚ such as insulin and glucagon‚ and an exocrine gland producing digestive enzymes‚ such as trypsin and chymotrypsin (Martini‚ 2004). It is located behind the stomach‚ between the spleen and the duodenum (see Figure
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Statistical Communiqué of the People’s Republic of China on the 2012 National Economic and Social Development[1] National Bureau of Statistics of China February 22‚ 2013 In 2012‚ faced with the complicated and severe international situation and arduous tasks of domestic reform‚ development and stability‚ under the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council‚ the people of all nationalities of China‚ taking the scientific development as the theme and the transformation
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Retail│Singapore January 28‚ 2015 COMPANY NOTE Sheng Siong Group SSG SP / SHEN.SI Market Cap Avg Daily Turnover Free Float US$795.5m US$1.28m 28.0% S$1‚068m S$1.68m 1‚384 m shares Current S$0.71 Target S$0.84 Prev. Target S$0.77 Up/Downside 18.4% Conviction| | Growth reignited Notes from the Field Our recent grouse about Sheng Siong - its lack of new store growth over the past years - is about to change. Sheng Siong added a new store in a dormitory in December and its new Tampines
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Starbucks Global Responsibility Report – Goals and Progress 2011 Year in Review: Fiscal 2011 From our beginning as a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market in 1971‚ we have sought to be a catalyst for positive change in the many communities we serve. Now‚ with more than 17‚000 stores in more than 55 countries and a growing business in consumer packaged goods‚ we find our reach is greater than ever. Just as important‚ we continue to believe that the ultimate way to scale the power of our
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