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unusual facts about Dao, Capiz



Ananias Diokno

In August 1899, the Spanish colonial government in Capiz under Governor Juan Herrero surrendered to Diokno.

Andrés Soriano

It is also interesting to note that the first president of the Third Republic (Philippines), Manuel Roxas, descended from Dońa Margarita's uncle Antonio Roxas who migrated to Capiz to set up a plant making alcohol out of palm, and therefore Congressman Dinggoy and his father Senator Gerry Roxas are close relatives of the Roxas-Ayala-Zobel-Soriano clan.

Annie Chen

For the third time, Chen and Dao portrayed their roles in Happy and Love Forever as a loving couple, and acted along with Mike He and Janine Chang, the casts of Sunny Happiness, in the third and last series of Happy of the Rings trilogy entitled Happy Michelin Kitchen.

Bei Dao

:Bei Dao ("Northern Island") is another name for Zhifu Island.

As a teenager, Bei Dao was a member of the Red Guards, the enthusiastic followers of Mao Zedong who enforced the dictates of the Cultural Revolution, often through violent means.

Bjørnson Festival

Visiting authors (and tree-planters at the grove) include Wole Soyinka, Yasar Kemal, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Seamus Heaney, Amos Oz, Izzat al-Ghazzawi, Bei Dao, Hans Blix and Thor Heyerdahl.

Chen Dao

As a captain of the imperial guards, Chen Dao assisted Liu Bei's escape to Baidicheng (former name of Yong'an) after the disastrous Battle of Xiaoting.

Chinese swords

The weapon, also known as dan dao (single knife) when just one is used, is thereby thought to be an adaptation of the kitchen knives common to Chinese cuisine.

Daisy Avellana

Avellana was born Daisy Hontiveros on January 26, 1917, in Roxas City, Capiz.

Dao Lang

Dolan people or Dao Lang (in Chinese), name of a people or region of what is now Xinjiang Province, China

Dao-xuan

Dao-xuan was born in Hunan Province in 702, and ordained at an early age in the Vinaya school in China (律宗) at Dafu (大福) temple in Loyang.

Dao, Capiz

Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante - Alleged mastermind of 2004 Fertilizer Fund Scam.

Deng Ming-Dao

He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and studied with two other masters before that.

Doi Chiang Dao

Doi Chiang Dao is part of a limestone massif located 6 km to the WNW of Chiang Dao town and less than 40 km south of the border with Burma at the eastern end of the Thai highlands.

Duško Trifunović

He also wrote over 300 song lyrics, most notably for Bijelo dugme (big hits "Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu", "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće", and "Ima neka tajna veza", as well as others like "Glavni junak jedne knjige" and "Ništa mudro"), Indexi (hit "I pad je let"), Zdravko Čolić (hit "Glavo luda"), Vajta (hit "Zlatna ribica"), Jadranka Stojaković, Neda Ukraden and recently for Željko Joksimović ("Ima Nesto u tom sto me neces").

Eudysmic ratio

There are no reasons to believe that humans are exceptional, they have all required enzymes (DDO, DAO).

Filamer Christian University

The college is located in Roxas City, Capiz, "Filamer" is the combined name of Filipino and American (Fil-Amer) who ventured together in providing Christian education in the Philippines.

Guandao

A guandao, kwan dao, or kuan tao is a type of Chinese pole weapon that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts.

Hua–Yi distinction

The prominent Tang Confucian Han Yu wrote in his essay Yuan Dao the following: "When Confucius wrote the Chunqiu, he said that if the feudal lords use Yi ritual, then they should be called Yi; If they use Chinese rituals, then they should be called Chinese."

In Just That Kind of a Mood

In Just That Kind of a Mood was the first studio album (in the U.S) by singer/songwriter Jonny Blu, released in the United States on November 6, 2006 by Dao Feng Music and Sound Cubed Studios.

Iron rings

The movie Crippled Avengers (1978) (also known as The Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms) Dao Chang (Lu Feng) depicts the use of iron rings for sparring and fighting.

Klotski

Huarong Dao (alternatively named Huarong Path or Huarong Trail, Chinese name: 華容道) is the Chinese variation, based on a fictitious story in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms about the warlord Cao Cao retreating through Huarong Trail (in present-day Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei) after his defeat at the Battle of Red Cliffs in the winter of 208/209 CE during the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Lincoln Island

Lincoln Island, one of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea known as Dōng Dǎo in Chinese and Đảo Linh-Côn in Vietnamese

Marcel Conche

In this book he draws an interesting parallel between the nearly contemporaries Lao Zi (see Tao Te Ching) and Heraclitus: the river of the Greek is compared to the Dao of the Chinese.

Ngo Thanh Van

After My Way, NTV engaged herself in acting, with many roles in big screen movies like Saigon Love Story by Ringo Le, 2 In 1 by Dao Duy Phuc, and The Rebel by Charlie Nguyen Chanh Truc with Johnny Tri Nguyen.

Passi, Iloilo

Passi was made the quartermaster depot of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) for the food of the army that resisted in Bataan through Capiz.

Portuguese wine

The Dão Wine is produced in a mountainous region with temperate climate, in the area of the Mondego and Dão Rivers in the north region of central Portugal.

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

In the lowland forest, large trees such as the Dao (Dracontomelon dao), Ipil (Intsia bijuga), Dita (Alstonia scholaris), Amugis (Koordersiodendrum pinnatum), and Apitong (Dipterocarpus gracilis) are common.

Roderick Oliver Redman

The asteroid 1993 PE (7886 Redman) has been named for him jointly with the astronomer Russell Ormond Redman, no relation except for their shared initials and the fact that both worked at the DAO during significant parts of their careers.

Russell Ormond Redman

The asteroid 1993 PE (7886 Redman) has been named jointly for him and for Roderick Oliver Redman, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University, no relation except that both worked at the DAO during significant parts of their careers.

Seecamp

The Seecamp, like the Czechoslovakian CZ 45 pistol, utilizes a very compact and reliable DAO trigger mechanism.

Wen Jiao

Jiankang having been heavily damaged during the war (and the palace having been burnt during the war), Wen considered moving the capital to Yuzhang (豫章, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi), but after Wang Dao opposed, noting that Jiankang was in a better position to monitor the northern defenses against Later Zhao, Wen agreed to keep the capital at Jiankang.

Xizhong

Xizhong Island (simplified Chinese: 西中岛; traditional Chinese: 西中島; pinyin: Xizhōng Dǎo)


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