Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar‚ known best as El Cid‚ is revered as a great national hero of Spain. The name El Cid comes from the Arabic El Seid’ meaning the Lord. Known to his admiring countrymen as campeador’‚ or champion‚ he was a Spanish warrior whom later legend made into a hero and the symbol of chivalry and virtue. El Cid was born in Vivar near Burgos in 1043. His father‚ Diego Lainez‚ was a member of the minor nobility‚ called the infanzones’ of Castile. El Cid was also directly connected on
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The Lengend of El Cucuy‚ became a bilingual story that is also known to be “Boogeyman” in American. The legend came from Latin America but has remained a strong part of border folklore. The beast is known by different names to different people throughout Latin America. It has been called cucuy‚ coco‚ cocu‚ chamuco and a dozen other titles. This bogeyman takes different forms depending on the family. It is best known for telling a young child ‚“Portate bien o te lleva el cucuy‚” they say. “Behave
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has very closely been monitoring the possibilities of El Niño this Monsoon. In fact we had even put up an article on our website (Skymetweather.com) in February saying that 2014 could be an El Niño year‚ which would trigger a poor Monsoon in India. And as we enter mid-April‚ these observations are turning out to be more accurate. Other meteorological agencies across the world are also very strongly pointing towards the likelihood of an El Niño weather pattern this year. According to a media
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El Nino is a short time change in the climate in the pacific ocean. You can see the effects in both the air and water. The ocean will heat up a few degrees. The air therefore heats up to because the heat comes of the water and heats up the air. The heavy storms move to the east. These are small effects that can make a huge difference on the world’s climate. El Nino causes unusual warming of the surface waters of the oceans in the tropical pacific. One part is called the Southern Oscillation
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flashes back to 1886‚ when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later‚ Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896‚ Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their
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Name of student Name of instructor Course Date El-Norte The siblings Rosa and Enrique cannot be strictly called emigrants or refugees because of the rather peculiar nature of their emigration. They are emigrants because they wish to have a better life far away from their village where they were peasant farmers. They possibly may be called refugees because they had to leave their village to spare their lives. For the sake of proper designation by the authorities‚ they could be called
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away from the present and the tension and pressure. Similarly in “El Dorado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the “knight” is on a journey and experiences a time shift from present into the future‚ and gets closer to death. This shows how the setting of some stories has a stimulating force in human behavior. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “El Dorado” identifies the speaker’s quest to death. The “knight” is a man‚ in which is searching for a place called ‘El Dorado’. As months‚ then years passes by‚ the knight grows older
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“El Presidente” Early revolutions did not succeeded because of lack of national consciousness. Until the martyrdom of the three priest named “GOMBURZA” awaken the senses of the Filipinos and triggers them to fight for our freedom. Inspired by the writings of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ Andres Bonifacio managed to create a Katipunan Brotherhood making him as a Supreme Leader. But‚ Katipunan (KKK) later discovered by the Spanish authorities so Bonifacio decided to set up a revolutionary government. Then‚
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Beyond the Ordinary Inside the Ateneo de Manila University is a hectic and busy population of students . Clearly seen by the bags under their eyes‚ these students have been through numerous tension due to the load of studies they’re having. Fortunately‚ beyond all those problems ‚there is a sanctuary where students can reside to ease up their stress. A restaurant so accessible that is just within the school itself. Hidden under the University Dorm‚ is a concealed restaurant exceeding your
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El racismo en el futbol espanol: el deporte rey completamente manchado Durante el ultimo siglo‚ Espana se convirtio en uno de los paises mas racistas de Europa. Hay muchos casos que se producen en la calle de las ciudades las mas grandes del pais‚ como se occure en todos los paises Europeos‚ pero la cobertura que hemos sobre este tema es en gran medida mas importante cuando se produce sobre los campos de futbol de los equipos mas grandes del pais. Hay muchos casos de racismo en el futbol Espanol
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