text: The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east and northeast of the Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million km² (2 million mi²). of the western part of the North Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by the Philippine archipelago (Luzon, Catanduanes, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao) on the southwest; Halmahera, Morotai, Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of the Carolines) on the southeast; the Marianas, including Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, on the east; the Bonin and Iwo Jima on the northeast; the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kysh on the north; the Ryukyu Islands on the northwest; and Taiwan in the west.

text: The

text: Philippine

text: Sea

text: is

text: marginal

text: sea

text: east

text: and

text: northeast

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: occupying

text: an

text: estimated

text: surface

text: area

text: of

text: million

text: million

text: of

text: the

text: western

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: North

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: It

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: the

text: Philippine

text: archipelago

text: Luzon

text: Catanduanes

text: Samar

text: Leyte

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: on

text: the

text: southwest

text: Halmahera

text: Morotai

text: Palau

text: Yap

text: and

text: Ulithi

text: of

text: the

text: Carolines

text: on

text: the

text: southeast

text: the

text: Marianas

text: including

text: Guam

text: Saipan

text: and

text: Tinian

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: the

text: Bonin

text: and

text: Iwo

text: Jima

text: on

text: the

text: northeast

text: the

text: Japanese

text: islands

text: of

text: Honshu

text: Shikoku

text: and

text: Kysh

text: on

text: the

text: north

text: the

text: Ryukyu

text: Islands

text: on

text: the

text: northwest

text: and

text: Taiwan

text: in

text: the

text: west

text: The Trustee Savings Bank (TSB) was a British financial institution. Trustee savings banks originated to accept savings deposits from those with moderate means. Their shares were not traded on the stock market but, unlike with mutually held building societies, depositors had no voting rights; nor did they have the power to direct the financial and managerial goals of the organisation. Directors were appointed as trustees (hence the name) on a voluntary basis. The first trustee savings bank was established by Reverend Henry Duncan of Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire for his poorest parishoners in 1810 with its sole purpose being to serve the local people in the community . Between 1970 and 1985, the various trustee savings banks in the United Kingdom were amalgamated into a single institution named TSB Group plc, which was floated on the London Stock Exchange. In 1995, the TSB merged with Lloyds Bank to form Lloyds TSB, at that point the largest bank in the UK by market share and the second-largest (to HSBC, which had taken over the Midland Bank in 1992) by market capitalisation.

text: The

text: Trustee

text: Savings

text: Bank

text: TSB

text: was

text: British

text: financial

text: institution

text: Trustee

text: savings

text: banks

text: originated

text: to

text: accept

text: savings

text: deposits

text: from

text: those

text: with

text: moderate

text: means

text: Their

text: shares

text: were

text: not

text: traded

text: on

text: the

text: stock

text: market

text: but

text: unlike

text: with

text: mutually

text: held

text: building

text: societies

text: depositors

text: had

text: no

text: voting

text: rights

text: nor

text: did

text: they

text: have

text: the

text: power

text: to

text: direct

text: the

text: financial

text: and

text: managerial

text: goals

text: of

text: the

text: organisation

text: Directors

text: were

text: appointed

text: as

text: trustees

text: hence

text: the

text: name

text: on

text: voluntary

text: basis

text: The

text: first

text: trustee

text: savings

text: bank

text: was

text: established

text: by

text: Reverend

text: Henry

text: Duncan

text: of

text: Ruthwell

text: in

text: Dumfriesshire

text: for

text: his

text: poorest

text: parishoners

text: in

text: with

text: its

text: sole

text: purpose

text: being

text: to

text: serve

text: the

text: local

text: people

text: in

text: the

text: community

text: Between

text: and

text: the

text: various

text: trustee

text: savings

text: banks

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: were

text: amalgamated

text: into

text: single

text: institution

text: named

text: TSB

text: Group

text: plc

text: which

text: was

text: floated

text: on

text: the

text: London

text: Stock

text: Exchange

text: In

text: the

text: TSB

text: merged

text: with

text: Lloyds

text: Bank

text: to

text: form

text: Lloyds

text: TSB

text: at

text: that

text: point

text: the

text: largest

text: bank

text: in

text: the

text: UK

text: by

text: market

text: share

text: and

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: to

text: HSBC

text: which

text: had

text: taken

text: over

text: the

text: Midland

text: Bank

text: in

text: by

text: market

text: capitalisation

text: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (commonly abbreviated as BSP in both Filipino and English) is the central bank of the Philippines. It was established on July 3, 1993, pursuant to the provision of Republic Act 7653 or the New Central Bank Act of 1993.

text: The

text: Bangko

text: Sentral

text: ng

text: Pilipinas

text: commonly

text: abbreviated

text: as

text: BSP

text: in

text: both

text: Filipino

text: and

text: English

text: is

text: the

text: central

text: bank

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: was

text: established

text: on

text: July

text: pursuant

text: to

text: the

text: provision

text: of

text: Republic

text: Act

text: or

text: the

text: New

text: Central

text: Bank

text: Act

text: of

text: Mindanao is the second largest and southernmost major island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country (the other two being Luzon and the Visayas), consisting of the island of Mindanao and smaller outlying islands. Davao City is the largest city in Mindanao. As of the 2010 census, the island's population itself is 20,281,545 people, while the Mindanao island group has 21,968,174 inhabitants. Davao City is the most populous in Mindanao as 1,632,991 population, and the 2nd is Zamboanga City as 861,799 population, the 3rd is Cagayan de Oro City as 675,950 population, and followed by General Santos City as 594,446 population as of 2015 census.

text: Mindanao

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: and

text: southernmost

text: major

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: three

text: island

text: groups

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: the

text: other

text: two

text: being

text: Luzon

text: and

text: the

text: Visayas

text: consisting

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Mindanao

text: and

text: smaller

text: outlying

text: islands

text: Davao

text: City

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Mindanao

text: As

text: of

text: the

text: census

text: the

text: island

text: 's

text: population

text: itself

text: is

text: people

text: while

text: the

text: Mindanao

text: island

text: group

text: has

text: inhabitants

text: Davao

text: City

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: in

text: Mindanao

text: as

text: population

text: and

text: the

text: is

text: Zamboanga

text: City

text: as

text: population

text: the

text: is

text: Cagayan

text: de

text: Oro

text: City

text: as

text: population

text: and

text: followed

text: by

text: General

text: Santos

text: City

text: as

text: population

text: as

text: of

text: census

text: Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank ( PSE : BF ) , or simply Banco Filipino , was a savings and loan association based in the Philippines . It is also known for property developments such as BF Homes , subdivisions in Parañaque , Quezon City and Las Piñas . The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ordered the bank 's closure on March 17 , 2011 and placed it under the receivership of state - run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation ( PDIC ) , saying its liabilities topped its assets by P8.4 billion .

text: Banco

text: Filipino

text: Savings

text: and

text: Mortgage

text: Bank

text: PSE

text: BF

text: or

text: simply

text: Banco

text: Filipino

text: was

text: savings

text: and

text: loan

text: association

text: based

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: known

text: for

text: property

text: developments

text: such

text: as

text: BF

text: Homes

text: subdivisions

text: in

text: Parañaque

text: Quezon

text: City

text: and

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: The

text: Bangko

text: Sentral

text: ng

text: Pilipinas

text: ordered

text: the

text: bank

text: 's

text: closure

text: on

text: March

text: and

text: placed

text: it

text: under

text: the

text: receivership

text: of

text: state

text: run

text: Philippine

text: Deposit

text: Insurance

text: Corporation

text: PDIC

text: saying

text: its

text: liabilities

text: topped

text: its

text: assets

text: by

text: billion

text: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union.

text: The

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: and

text: Northern

text: Ireland

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: UK

text: or

text: Britain

text: is

text: sovereign

text: country

text: in

text: western

text: Europe

text: Lying

text: off

text: the

text: north

text: western

text: coast

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: mainland

text: it

text: includes

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: which

text: is

text: also

text: loosely

text: applied

text: to

text: the

text: whole

text: country

text: the

text: north

text: eastern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Ireland

text: and

text: many

text: smaller

text: islands

text: Northern

text: Ireland

text: is

text: the

text: only

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: UK

text: that

text: shares

text: land

text: border

text: with

text: another

text: sovereign

text: statethe

text: Republic

text: of

text: Ireland

text: Apart

text: from

text: this

text: land

text: border

text: the

text: UK

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: with

text: the

text: North

text: Sea

text: to

text: its

text: east

text: the

text: English

text: Channel

text: to

text: its

text: south

text: and

text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

text: to

text: its

text: south

text: south

text: west

text: giving

text: it

text: the

text: longest

text: coastline

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: The

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: lies

text: between

text: Great

text: Britain

text: and

text: Ireland

text: With

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: the

text: UK

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: sovereign

text: state

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: in

text: Europe

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: with

text: an

text: estimated

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: Together

text: this

text: makes

text: it

text: the

text: fourth

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people.

text: Asia

text: is

text: Earth

text: 's

text: largest

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: continent

text: located

text: primarily

text: in

text: the

text: eastern

text: and

text: northern

text: hemispheres

text: and

text: sharing

text: the

text: continental

text: landmass

text: of

text: Eurasia

text: with

text: the

text: continent

text: of

text: Europe

text: Asia

text: covers

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: about

text: of

text: Earth

text: 's

text: total

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: 's

text: total

text: surface

text: area

text: The

text: continent

text: which

text: has

text: long

text: been

text: home

text: to

text: the

text: majority

text: of

text: the

text: human

text: population

text: was

text: the

text: site

text: of

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: first

text: civilizations

text: Asia

text: is

text: notable

text: for

text: not

text: only

text: its

text: overall

text: large

text: size

text: and

text: population

text: but

text: also

text: dense

text: and

text: large

text: settlements

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: vast

text: barely

text: populated

text: regions

text: within

text: the

text: continent

text: of

text: billion

text: people

text: A mutual savings bank is a financial institution chartered by a central or regional government, without capital stock, that is owned by its members who subscribe to a common fund. From this fund claims, loans, etc., are paid. Profits after deductions are shared between the members. The institution is intended to provide a safe place for individual members to save and to invest those savings in mortgages, loans, stocks, bonds and other securities and to share in any profits or losses that result. The members own the business.

text: mutual

text: savings

text: bank

text: is

text: financial

text: institution

text: chartered

text: by

text: central

text: or

text: regional

text: government

text: without

text: capital

text: stock

text: that

text: is

text: owned

text: by

text: its

text: members

text: who

text: subscribe

text: to

text: common

text: fund

text: From

text: this

text: fund

text: claims

text: loans

text: etc

text: are

text: paid

text: Profits

text: after

text: deductions

text: are

text: shared

text: between

text: the

text: members

text: The

text: institution

text: is

text: intended

text: to

text: provide

text: safe

text: place

text: for

text: individual

text: members

text: to

text: save

text: and

text: to

text: invest

text: those

text: savings

text: in

text: mortgages

text: loans

text: stocks

text: bonds

text: and

text: other

text: securities

text: and

text: to

text: share

text: in

text: any

text: profits

text: or

text: losses

text: that

text: result

text: The

text: members

text: own

text: the

text: business

text:
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia. Neighbors include China (officially the People's Republic of China, abbreviated as PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations, and the one with the largest economy.

text: Taiwan

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: ROC

text: is

text: state

text: in

text: East

text: Asia

text: Neighbors

text: include

text: China

text: officially

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: abbreviated

text: as

text: PRC

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Japan

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: and

text: the

text: Philippines

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: Taiwan

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: state

text: that

text: is

text: not

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: and

text: the

text: one

text: with

text: the

text: largest

text: economy

text: Pasay is one of the cities in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. It is bordered to the north by the City of Manila, Makati to the northeast, Taguig to the east, and Parañaque to the south. Due to its location just south of the City of Manila, Pasay quickly became an urban town during the American Colonial Period.

text: Pasay

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: cities

text: in

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: the

text: National

text: Capital

text: Region

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: bordered

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: the

text: City

text: of

text: Manila

text: Makati

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: Taguig

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: Parañaque

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: Due

text: to

text: its

text: location

text: just

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: City

text: of

text: Manila

text: Pasay

text: quickly

text: became

text: an

text: urban

text: town

text: during

text: the

text: American

text: Colonial

text: Period

text: Metropolitan Manila, commonly known as Metro Manila or simply Manila, is the capital region of the Philippines, is the seat of government, the 2nd most populous and the most densely populated region of the country. The National Capital Region (NCR) is composed of Manila, the capital city of the country, Quezon City, the country's most populous city, and the cities of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, including the only remaining municipality of Pateros.

text: Metropolitan

text: Manila

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: or

text: simply

text: Manila

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: the

text: seat

text: of

text: government

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: The

text: National

text: Capital

text: Region

text: NCR

text: is

text: composed

text: of

text: Manila

text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: Quezon

text: City

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: and

text: the

text: cities

text: of

text: Caloocan

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: Makati

text: Malabon

text: Mandaluyong

text: Marikina

text: Muntinlupa

text: Navotas

text: Parañaque

text: Pasay

text: Pasig

text: San

text: Juan

text: Taguig

text: and

text: Valenzuela

text: including

text: the

text: only

text: remaining

text: municipality

text: of

text: Pateros

text: The Visayas or the Visayan Islands (Visayan: "Kabisay-an",  ), is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are considered the northeast extremity of the entire Sulu Sea. Its inhabitants are predominantly the Visayan people.

text: The

text: Visayas

text: or

text: the

text: Visayan

text: Islands

text: Visayan

text: Kabisay

text: an

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: three

text: principal

text: geographical

text: divisions

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: along

text: with

text: Luzon

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: several

text: islands

text: primarily

text: surrounding

text: the

text: Visayan

text: Sea

text: although

text: the

text: Visayas

text: are

text: considered

text: the

text: northeast

text: extremity

text: of

text: the

text: entire

text: Sulu

text: Sea

text: Its

text: inhabitants

text: are

text: predominantly

text: the

text: Visayan

text: people

text: Indonesia (or ; Indonesian: ), officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands. At , Indonesia is the world's 14th-largest country in terms of land area and world's 7th-largest country in terms of combined sea and land area. It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world's fourth most populous country, the most populous Austronesian nation, as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. The world's most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country's population.

text: Indonesia

text: or

text: Indonesian

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Indonesia

text: is

text: unitary

text: sovereign

text: state

text: and

text: transcontinental

text: country

text: located

text: mainly

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: with

text: some

text: territories

text: in

text: Oceania

text: Situated

text: between

text: the

text: Indian

text: and

text: Pacific

text: oceans

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: island

text: country

text: with

text: more

text: than

text: seventeen

text: thousand

text: islands

text: At

text: Indonesia

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: combined

text: sea

text: and

text: land

text: area

text: It

text: has

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: people

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: fourth

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: Austronesian

text: nation

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: Muslim

text: majority

text: country

text: The

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: of

text: Java

text: contains

text: more

text: than

text: half

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: population

text: A savings and loan association (S&L), or thrift institution, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans. The terms ""S&L"" or ""thrift"" are mainly used in the United States; similar institutions in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries include building societies and trustee savings banks. They are often mutually held (often called mutual savings banks), meaning that the depositors and borrowers are members with voting rights, and have the ability to direct the financial and managerial goals of the organization like the members of a credit union or the policyholders of a mutual insurance company. While it is possible for an S&L to be a joint-stock company, and even publicly traded; in such instances it is no longer truly a mutual association, and depositors and borrowers no longer have membership rights and managerial control. By law, thrifts can have no more than 20 percent of their lending in commercial loans  their focus on mortgage and consumer loans makes them particularly vulnerable to housing downturns such as the deep one the U.S. has experienced since 2007.

text: savings

text: and

text: loan

text: association

text: S&L

text: or

text: thrift

text: institution

text: is

text: financial

text: institution

text: that

text: specializes

text: in

text: accepting

text: savings

text: deposits

text: and

text: making

text: mortgage

text: and

text: other

text: loans

text: The

text: terms

text: S&L

text: or

text: thrift

text: are

text: mainly

text: used

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: similar

text: institutions

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: Ireland

text: and

text: some

text: Commonwealth

text: countries

text: include

text: building

text: societies

text: and

text: trustee

text: savings

text: banks

text: They

text: are

text: often

text: mutually

text: held

text: often

text: called

text: mutual

text: savings

text: banks

text: meaning

text: that

text: the

text: depositors

text: and

text: borrowers

text: are

text: members

text: with

text: voting

text: rights

text: and

text: have

text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: direct

text: the

text: financial

text: and

text: managerial

text: goals

text: of

text: the

text: organization

text: like

text: the

text: members

text: of

text: credit

text: union

text: or

text: the

text: policyholders

text: of

text: mutual

text: insurance

text: company

text: While

text: it

text: is

text: possible

text: for

text: an

text: S&L

text: to

text: be

text: joint

text: stock

text: company

text: and

text: even

text: publicly

text: traded

text: in

text: such

text: instances

text: it

text: is

text: no

text: longer

text: truly

text: mutual

text: association

text: and

text: depositors

text: and

text: borrowers

text: no

text: longer

text: have

text: membership

text: rights

text: and

text: managerial

text: control

text: By

text: law

text: thrifts

text: can

text: have

text: no

text: more

text: than

text: percent

text: of

text: their

text: lending

text: in

text: commercial

text: loans

text: their

text: focus

text: on

text: mortgage

text: and

text: consumer

text: loans

text: makes

text: them

text: particularly

text: vulnerable

text: to

text: housing

text: downturns

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: deep

text: one

text: the

text: U.S.

text: has

text: experienced

text: since

text: Manila (or ), officially City of Manila, is the capital of the Philippines.

text: Manila

text: or

text: officially

text: City

text: of

text: Manila

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Las Piñas, officially called the City of Las Piñas (Filipino: "Lungsod ng Las Piñas"), is a city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the , it has a population of .

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: officially

text: called

text: the

text: City

text: of

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: Filipino

text: Lungsod

text: ng

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: is

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Capital

text: Region

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: it

text: has

text: population

text: of

text: Palau (historically Belau or Pelew), officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The country contains approximately 250 islands, forming the western chain of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia, and has an area of . The most populous island is Koror. The capital Ngerulmud is located on the nearby island of Babeldaob, in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

text: Palau

text: historically

text: Belau

text: or

text: Pelew

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Palau

text: is

text: an

text: island

text: country

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: western

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: The

text: country

text: contains

text: approximately

text: islands

text: forming

text: the

text: western

text: chain

text: of

text: the

text: Caroline

text: Islands

text: in

text: Micronesia

text: and

text: has

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: The

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: is

text: Koror

text: The

text: capital

text: Ngerulmud

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: nearby

text: island

text: of

text: Babeldaob

text: in

text: Melekeok

text: State

text: Palau

text: shares

text: maritime

text: boundaries

text: with

text: Indonesia

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: the

text: Federated

text: States

text: of

text: Micronesia

text: Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque, is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered to the north by Pasay, to the northeast by Taguig, to the southeast by Muntinlupa, to the southwest by Las Piñas, and to the west by Manila Bay.

text: Parañaque

text: officially

text: the

text: City

text: of

text: Parañaque

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: cities

text: and

text: municipalities

text: that

text: make

text: up

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: bordered

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: Pasay

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: by

text: Taguig

text: to

text: the

text: southeast

text: by

text: Muntinlupa

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: by

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: and

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: by

text: Manila

text: Bay

text: The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around . The area's importance largely results from one-third of the world's shipping sailing through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed.

text: The

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: is

text: marginal

text: sea

text: that

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: encompassing

text: an

text: area

text: from

text: the

text: Karimata

text: and

text: Malacca

text: Straits

text: to

text: the

text: Strait

text: of

text: Taiwan

text: of

text: around

text: The

text: area

text: 's

text: importance

text: largely

text: results

text: from

text: one

text: third

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: shipping

text: sailing

text: through

text: its

text: waters

text: and

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: hold

text: huge

text: oil

text: and

text: gas

text: reserves

text: beneath

text: its

text: seabed

text: The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The President leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

text: The

text: President

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: and

text: head

text: of

text: government

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: The

text: President

text: leads

text: the

text: executive

text: branch

text: of

text: the

text: Philippine

text: government

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: commander

text: in

text: chief

text: of

text: the

text: Armed

text: Forces

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Quezon City (  also known as QC) is the most populous city in the Philippines. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Quezon City was named after Manuel L. Quezon, second President of the Philippines, who founded the city and developed it to replace Manila as the national capital for 28 years from 1948 to 1976. Quezon City is not located in and should not be confused with Quezon Province, which was also named after the president. It is the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land area and most populated local government unit in the country.

text: Quezon

text: City

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: QC

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: cities

text: that

text: make

text: up

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: the

text: National

text: Capital

text: Region

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Quezon

text: City

text: was

text: named

text: after

text: Manuel

text: Quezon

text: second

text: President

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: who

text: founded

text: the

text: city

text: and

text: developed

text: it

text: to

text: replace

text: Manila

text: as

text: the

text: national

text: capital

text: for

text: years

text: from

text: to

text: Quezon

text: City

text: is

text: not

text: located

text: in

text: and

text: should

text: not

text: be

text: confused

text: with

text: Quezon

text: Province

text: which

text: was

text: also

text: named

text: after

text: the

text: president

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: most

text: populated

text: local

text: government

text: unit

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: The Celebes Sea of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahassa Peninsula, and on the west by Kalimantan in Indonesia. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 miles (837 km) east-west and has a total surface area of , to a maximum depth of . The sea opens southwest through the Makassar Strait into the Java Sea.

text: The

text: Celebes

text: Sea

text: of

text: the

text: western

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: is

text: bordered

text: on

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: the

text: Sulu

text: Archipelago

text: and

text: Sulu

text: Sea

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: Island

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: by

text: the

text: Sangihe

text: Islands

text: chain

text: on

text: the

text: south

text: by

text: Sulawesi

text: 's

text: Minahassa

text: Peninsula

text: and

text: on

text: the

text: west

text: by

text: Kalimantan

text: in

text: Indonesia

text: It

text: extends

text: miles

text: km

text: north

text: south

text: by

text: miles

text: km

text: east

text: west

text: and

text: has

text: total

text: surface

text: area

text: of

text: to

text: maximum

text: depth

text: of

text: The

text: sea

text: opens

text: southwest

text: through

text: the

text: Makassar

text: Strait

text: into

text: the

text: Java

text: Sea

text: Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina (: August 19, 1878  August 1, 1944) was a Filipino statesman, soldier, and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines (as opposed to the government of previous Philippine states), and is considered to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (18971901). Quezon was a Spanish Filipino, with both his parents being Filipino mestizos.

text: Manuel

text: Luis

text: Quezón

text: Molina

text: August

text: August

text: was

text: Filipino

text: statesman

text: soldier

text: and

text: politician

text: who

text: served

text: as

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: from

text: to

text: He

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: Filipino

text: to

text: head

text: government

text: of

text: the

text: entire

text: Philippines

text: as

text: opposed

text: to

text: the

text: government

text: of

text: previous

text: Philippine

text: states

text: and

text: is

text: considered

text: to

text: have

text: been

text: the

text: second

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: after

text: Emilio

text: Aguinaldo

text: Quezon

text: was

text: Spanish

text: Filipino

text: with

text: both

text: his

text: parents

text: being

text: Filipino

text: mestizos

text: The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

text: The

text: Philippines

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: sovereign

text: island

text: country

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: western

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: about

text: islands

text: that

text: are

text: categorized

text: broadly

text: under

text: three

text: main

text: geographical

text: divisions

text: from

text: north

text: to

text: south

text: Luzon

text: Visayas

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: The

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: Manila

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: is

text: Quezon

text: City

text: both

text: part

text: of

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: Bounded

text: by

text: the

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: on

text: the

text: west

text: the

text: Philippine

text: Sea

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: the

text: Celebes

text: Sea

text: on

text: the

text: southwest

text: the

text: Philippines

text: shares

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Taiwan

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Vietnam

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Palau

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: Malaysia

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. Located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species.

text: Malaysia

text: is

text: federal

text: constitutional

text: monarchy

text: located

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: thirteen

text: states

text: and

text: three

text: federal

text: territories

text: and

text: has

text: total

text: landmass

text: of

text: separated

text: by

text: the

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: into

text: two

text: similarly

text: sized

text: regions

text: Peninsular

text: Malaysia

text: and

text: East

text: Malaysia

text: Malaysian

text: Borneo

text: Peninsular

text: Malaysia

text: shares

text: land

text: and

text: maritime

text: border

text: with

text: Thailand

text: and

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Singapore

text: Vietnam

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: East

text: Malaysia

text: shares

text: land

text: and

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Brunei

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: and

text: maritime

text: border

text: with

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: Vietnam

text: The

text: capital

text: city

text: is

text: Kuala

text: Lumpur

text: while

text: Putrajaya

text: is

text: the

text: seat

text: of

text: the

text: federal

text: government

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: Malaysia

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: The

text: southernmost

text: point

text: of

text: continental

text: Eurasia

text: Tanjung

text: Piai

text: is

text: in

text: Malaysia

text: Located

text: in

text: the

text: tropics

text: Malaysia

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: megadiverse

text: countries

text: on

text: earth

text: with

text: large

text: numbers

text: of

text: endemic

text: species

text: Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.5 million inhabitants , it is the world's 14th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976.

text: Vietnam

text: officially

text: the

text: Socialist

text: Republic

text: of

text: Vietnam

text: SRV

text: is

text: the

text: easternmost

text: country

text: on

text: the

text: Indochina

text: Peninsula

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: With

text: an

text: estimated

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: and

text: the

text: eighth

text: most

text: populous

text: Asian

text: country

text: Vietnam

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: China

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Laos

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: Cambodia

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: Thailand

text: across

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Thailand

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: and

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Malaysia

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: across

text: the

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: southeast

text: Its

text: capital

text: city

text: has

text: been

text: Hanoi

text: since

text: the

text: reunification

text: of

text: North

text: and

text: South

text: Vietnam

text: in

text: Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines and the 15th largest in the world. Located in the northern region of the archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous. With a population of 52.99 million , it is the fourth most populous island in the world (after Java, Honshu, and Great Britain), containing about 53% of the country's total population.

text: Luzon

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Located

text: in

text: the

text: northern

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: archipelago

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: economic

text: and

text: political

text: center

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: being

text: home

text: to

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: capital

text: city

text: Manila

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: Quezon

text: City

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: fourth

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: after

text: Java

text: Honshu

text: and

text: Great

text: Britain

text: containing

text: about

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: total

text: population

text: Manila Bay is a natural harbour which serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Philippines and its neighbouring countries, becoming the gateway for socio-economic development even prior to Spanish occupation. With an area of , and a coastline of , Manila Bay is situated in the western part of Luzon and is bounded by Cavite and Metro Manila on the east, Bulacan and Pampanga on the north, and Bataan on the west and northwest. Manila Bay drains approximately of watershed area, with the Pampanga River contributing about 49% of the freshwater influx. With an average depth of , it is estimated to have a total volume of 28.9 billion cubic metres (28.9 cubic km). Entrance to the bay is wide and expands to a width of . However, width of the bay varies from at its mouth and expanding to at its widest point.

text: Manila

text: Bay

text: is

text: natural

text: harbour

text: which

text: serves

text: the

text: Port

text: of

text: Manila

text: on

text: Luzon

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Strategically

text: located

text: around

text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Manila

text: Bay

text: facilitated

text: commerce

text: and

text: trade

text: between

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: its

text: neighbouring

text: countries

text: becoming

text: the

text: gateway

text: for

text: socio

text: economic

text: development

text: even

text: prior

text: to

text: Spanish

text: occupation

text: With

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: coastline

text: of

text: Manila

text: Bay

text: is

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: western

text: part

text: of

text: Luzon

text: and

text: is

text: bounded

text: by

text: Cavite

text: and

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: Bulacan

text: and

text: Pampanga

text: on

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: Bataan

text: on

text: the

text: west

text: and

text: northwest

text: Manila

text: Bay

text: drains

text: approximately

text: of

text: watershed

text: area

text: with

text: the

text: Pampanga

text: River

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text: Taguig (: , officially the City of Taguig) is a highly urbanized city located in south-eastern portion of Metro Manila in the Philippines. From a thriving fishing community along the shores of Laguna de Bay, it is now an important residential, commercial and industrial center. According to the , Taguig is the 7th most populous city in the Philippines after Zamboanga City, it has a population of .

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text: China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia. With a population of over 1.381 billion, it is the world's most populous country. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China, and its capital is Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower.

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text: A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates. Central banks also usually oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base in the state, and usually also prints the national currency, which usually serves as the state's legal tender.

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text: The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World".

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text: Virginia (, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, as well as in the historic Southeast. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its status as the first colonial possession established in mainland British America, and "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there, more than any other state. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population is over 8.3 million, which is slightly less than New York City.

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text: Fiction is the classification for any story or universe derived from imaginationin other words, not based strictly on history or fact. Fiction can be expressed in a variety of formats, including writings, live performances, films, television programs, animations, video games, and role-playing games, though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature (see "literary" fiction), including the novel, novella, short story, and play. Fiction constitutes an act of creative invention, so that faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed; in other words, fiction is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true. The context of fiction is generally open to interpretation, due to fiction's freedom from any necessary embedding in reality; however, some fictional works are claimed to be, or marketed as, historically or factually accurate, complicating the traditional distinction between fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is a classification or category, rather than a specific mode or genre, unless used in a narrower sense as a synonym for a particular literary fiction form.

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text: South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state is bordered to the north by North Carolina, to the south and west by Georgia across the Savannah River, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

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Sharp felt that English music had become over-dominated by German influences, and wanted to revive melodies with native roots. He listened to hundreds of village folk-singers, and arranged their songs for piano and choir. He promoted Morris dancing, which had almost died out, though he often had to tone-down the lyrics for public performance and instruction in schools. In 1911 he founded the English Folk Dance Society.

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text: North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh. The most populous municipality is Charlotte, and it is the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City.

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text: The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. It once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before naturally occurring erosion. The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east-west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most roads running east or west.

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text: Maggie Greenwald (born June 23, 1955 in Manhattan, New York) is an American film, television director and screenwriter.

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text: Aristotle ("Aristotéls"; 384322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BC). His writings cover many subjects  including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government  and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC.

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text: The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term "New York minute". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.

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text: Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and the city's historical birthplace. The borough is coextensive with New York County, founded on November 1, 1683, as one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. The borough consists mostly of Manhattan Island, bounded by the East, Hudson, and Harlem rivers, and also includes several small adjacent islands and Marble Hill, a small neighborhood on the U.S. mainland.

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text: Marble

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text: Tennessee ("Tanasi") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 654,610. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 655,770.

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text: southeastern

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text: north

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text: east

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text: and

text: Missouri

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text: west

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text: Mountains

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text: Mississippi

text: River

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text: Songcatcher is a 2000 drama film directed by Maggie Greenwald . It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina . Although Songcatcher is a fictional film , it is loosely based on the work of Olive Dame Campbell , founder of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown , North Carolina , and that of the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp , portrayed at the end of the film as professor Cyrus Whittle .

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text: drama

text: film

text: directed

text: by

text: Maggie

text: Greenwald

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text: is

text: about

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text: researching

text: and

text: collecting

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text: folk

text: music

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text: the

text: mountains

text: of

text: western

text: North

text: Carolina

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text: fictional

text: film

text: it

text: is

text: loosely

text: based

text: on

text: the

text: work

text: of

text: Olive

text: Dame

text: Campbell

text: founder

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text: John

text: Campbell

text: Folk

text: School

text: in

text: Brasstown

text: North

text: Carolina

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text: that

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text: English

text: folk

text: song

text: collector

text: Cecil

text: Sharp

text: portrayed

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text: the

text: end

text: of

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text: film

text: as

text: professor

text: Cyrus

text: Whittle

text: The John C. Campbell Folk School, also referred to as "The Folk School" is located near Brasstown, North Carolina along the Cherokee County and Clay line. The school was founded to nurture and preserve the folk arts of the Appalachian Mountains, it is a non-profit adult educational organization based on non-competitive learning. Founded in 1925, the Folk School's motto is I sing behind the plow.

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text: Folk

text: School

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text: Brasstown

text: North

text: Carolina

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text: Cherokee

text: County

text: and

text: Clay

text: line

text: The

text: school

text: was

text: founded

text: to

text: nurture

text: and

text: preserve

text: the

text: folk

text: arts

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text: the

text: Appalachian

text: Mountains

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text: is

text: non

text: profit

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text: educational

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text: based

text: on

text: non

text: competitive

text: learning

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text: in

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text: Folk

text: School

text: 's

text: motto

text: is

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text: plow

text: Dramatic theory is a term used for works that attempt to form theories about theatre and drama. Examples of ancient dramatic theory include Aristotle's "Poetics" from Ancient Greece and Bharata Muni's "Natyasastra" from ancient India.

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text: Greece

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text: Appalachia is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador) in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in Alabama, the cultural region of Appalachia typically refers only to the central and southern portions of the range. As of the 2010 United States Census, the region was home to approximately 25 million people.

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text: York

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text: Mississippi

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text: Georgia

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text: Appalachian

text: Mountains

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text: from

text: Belle

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text: Labrador

text: in

text: Canada

text: to

text: Cheaha

text: Mountain

text: in

text: Alabama

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text: cultural

text: region

text: of

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text: range

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text: United

text: States

text: Census

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text: region

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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: , "drama"), which is derived from "to do" (Classical Greek: , "drao").
The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia, and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy (the weeping face). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's "Poetics" (c. 335 BCE)the earliest work of dramatic theory.

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question: narrative_location songcatcher

answer: appalachian mountains

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text: The Safavid dynasty ("Dudmn e Safavi") was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history. The Safavid shahs ruled over one of the so-called gunpowder empires. They ruled one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Iran, and established the Twelver school of Shia Islam as the official religion of the empire, marking one of the most important turning points in Muslim history.

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text: beginning

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text: The

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text: shahs

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text: over

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text: so

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text: greatest

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text: century

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text: Twelver

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text: official

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text: empire

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text: Shia ("Shah", from "Shatu Al", followers of Ali) is a branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor (Imam). Shia Islam primarily contrasts with Sunni Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor. Instead they consider Abu Bakr (who was appointed Caliph through a Shura, i.e. consensus) to be the correct Caliph.

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text: Islamic

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text: successor

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text: Shia

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text: adherents

text: believe

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text: was

text: appointed

text: Caliph

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text: consensus

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: correct

text: Caliph

text: Sam Mirza ( 1611 -- 12 May 1642 ) , ( Persian :     ) , better known by his dynastic name of Shah Safi ( Persian :     ) was Shah of Iran from 1629 to 1642 . He was the sixth ruler of the Safavid dynasty .

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text: Shah

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text: sixth

text: ruler

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text: Safavid

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text: Twelver (Athn'ashariyyah or Ithn'ashariyyah ) Shia Islam or Imamiyyah is the largest branch of Shia Islam. Twelver belief is based on the Quran and the message of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad attested in hadith, and on hadith taught by their Imams. The term "Twelver" refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams, and their belief that the last Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, lives in occultation and will reappear as the promised Mahdi. According to Shia tradition, the Mahdi's tenure will coincide with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ ("Isa"), who is to assist the "Mahdi" against the "Masih ad-Dajjal" (literally, the "false Messiah" or Antichrist).

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text: largest

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text: last

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text: promised

text: Mahdi

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text: Mahdi

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text: tenure

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text: Second

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text: Mahdi

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text: false

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question: religion safi of persia

answer: islam

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text: islam

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text: islam

text: islam

text: islam