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	COLA: Off-Leash Areas - Dr. Jose Rizal
		The Dr. Jose Rizal OLA opened in July of 2001 as an 18 month pilot off-leash area as designated by Seattle City Council in the original ordinance that created the off-leash area program in Seattle.
		The area is located at 1008 12th Ave S on North Beacon Hill and encompasses an area in the lower portion of Dr. Jose Rizal park or the area also known as the East Duwamish Green Belt north of South Holgate Street to I-90/Dr. Jose Rizal Park.
		The fenced area is bounded by I-5 to the West and I-90 to the North.
	www.coladog.org /olas/joserizal.html (290 words)

	Jose Rizal - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Rizal, José (1861-96), Filipino physician, novelist, and nationalist martyr.
		The son of a wealthy Filipino planter, Rizal was born in Calamba, in...
		By the time Rizal returned to Manila in 1892, it was apparent that Spain, itself in the throes of domestic unrest, was unwilling to undertake...
	encarta.msn.com /Jose_Rizal.html (153 words)

	Rizal, José History: Table of Contents \| ema_05_package.xml
		José Rizal was born in Calamba, Laguna Province, Philippines, on 19 June 1861, to a well-to-do landowner and sugar planter family.
		Rizal obtained a bachelor of arts degree in 1877 at the Jesuit Ateneo Municipal school in Manila and in 1882 left for Spain to enter the Central University of Madrid, where he studied medicine and philosophy.
		Rizal insisted that it was the religious institutions, specifically the Franciscan, Augustinian, and Dominican friars, that had a stranglehold on the politics and economy of the Philippines.
	www.bookrags.com /history/rizal-jos-ema-05 (500 words)

	Rizal Park Information
		Rizal Park is situated in the heart of the city of Manila, Philippines.
		The name "Luneta" is synonymous to the word lunette; the park was said to have the shape of a half moon in Spanish times, where it was beside a Spanish fort serving as a buffer during rebellions by the locals.
		The park in modern times has become a local spot for families to have picnics on Sundays and holidays and a major tourist attraction of Manila.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Rizal_Park (400 words)

	Rizal Park (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Just beside the Rizal monument is the 31-meter Philippine flagpole, which is called kilometer zero, because it is where the distance of the country's towns and cities is measured from.
		On the northern side of the park is the Lights and Sounds of Rizal - an audio-visual and three-dimensional diorama of Rizal's execution, consisting of life-size sculptures by Eduardo Castrillo, light and sounds effects that play a re-enactment of the hero's martyrdom.
		From the Rizal monument, one can see the Quirino Grandstand, the Manila Bay, Manila Hotel, Army Navy Club, the Gallery of National Heroes, the San Lorenzo Ruiz Plaza, in honor of Lorenzo Ruiz who is considered by the Catholic Church as the first Filipino saint, and the Rizal fountain.
	www.coa.gov.ph /COA_htm/ASOSAI/rizalpark.asp (637 words)

	The Filipino Express Online
		Jersey City, NEW JERSEY --- The Knights of Rizal led the Filipino American community in paying tribute to the Philippines’ national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, offering flowers at the foot of the statue of Rizal at the Rizal Park and holding a memorial program at the City Hall Council Chambers on December 31.
		Lito A. Gajilan Jr., chapter commander of NJ Knights of Rizal, said the Rizal Day observance was an occasion to pay respect to the patriotism of Rizal who inspired Filipinos of his time to fight for freedom.
		Rizal was executed by a firing squad at the Bagumbayan Field in 1896.
	www.filipinoexpress.com /20/02_eweek.html (1521 words)

	Philippine Historical Landmarks (Best of the Philippines)
		Luneta Park used to be called Bagumbayan Field is the place where Dr. Rizal was executed by a Spanish military firing squad at early dawn on December 30, 1896.
		The Rizal Monument, which serves as a marker on where Dr. Rizal was executed, is manned by two honor guards 24 hours a day.
		The monument used to house the remains of Dr. Rizal before it was moved to the family's estate in Calamba, Laguna.
	www.geocities.com /mnd97/historical.html (117 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Rizal Park
		Jose Rizal Park is perched on the northern crest of Beacon Hill and honors the Filipino intellectual and nationalist who was unjustly martyred in 1896.
		The Parks Department constructed a parking area and viewpoint along 12th Avenue S. This was quickly taken over by patrons of the Public Health Service Hospital and traffic became a problem.
		Rizal was born a subject of Spain and was educated as a physician in the Philippines and Europe.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=3168 (449 words)

	Manila Attractions
		Also known as Luneta Park because of its crescent shape, this 58-hectare park lies on the sites of many significant moments in Filipino history, including the Spaniards' execution of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, whom the park was named after.
		The park includes ornamental gardens, paved walks, wooded areas, a chess plaza, a skating rink and monuments for Rizal and other national heroes.
		A miniature recreation of the Filipino archipelago is found in a pond on the east side of the park.
	www.manila-philippines.com /attractions (414 words)

	Jose Rizal Park
		The park was erected in honor of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines and is similar to numerous other parks that are found in towns and cities all over the Philippines which are also named in his honor.
		Rizal was a believer in the potential of the Filipino to seek the greatest heights amid adversity, and he lived a life that proved this.
		Rizal's execution served as an inspiration to his compatriots and fueled the Philippine revolution, telling the world that here was a people yearning to be free.
	www.cityofpines.com /rizalpark.html (433 words)

	Epinions.com - MANILA’S GREEN OASIS, RIZAL PARK
		Rizal Park is a large rectangular park stretching over half a kilometre long and a quarter Kilometre wide.
		In past days the park also known as the "Luneta" was a place where the upper classes conducted their ritualistic evening promenades to see and be seen.
		Jose Rizal was a Filipino Doctor, poet, scholar and most of all a patriot, one of the leaders of the independence movement from Spain in the later half of the nineteenth century.
	www.epinions.com /content_4215447684 (806 words)

	Rizal Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rizal Park is situated in the heart of the city of Manila, Philippines.
		The name "Luneta" is synonymous to the word lunette; the park was said to have the shape of a half moon in Spanish times, where it was beside a Spanish fort serving as a buffer during rebellions by the locals.
		The park in modern times has become a local spot for families to have picnics on Sundays and holidays and a major tourist attraction of Manila.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rizal_Park (1682 words)

	Philippinenews.com
		N.J. — Rizal Park, the symbol of Filipinos’ great love for freedom that was erected here five years ago, may be dismantled because it stands on private property.
		Rizal Park was built on a triangular lot through the help of former Jersey City Mayor Bret Shundler.
		During the meeting, Knight of Rizal Commander of Jersey City Lito Gajilan appealed to Healy to allow the construction of a new and bigger monument with similar designs and styles of the original Rizal Park in Manila.
	www.philippinenews.com /news/view_article.html?article_id=f2ee2d7f06fa47ba7e9e3b6316cd8188 (669 words)

	Tourist Attractions in Manila: Historical Places near Dusit Hotel Nikko Manila
		Rizal Park is named after Dr José Rizal, renowned Philippine anti-colonialist, writer and philosopher.
		The park is one of the largest in South-East Asia and is a green lung much used by the residents of Manila for recreation and entertainment.
		The park was formerly a municipal cemetery, enclosed with a circular stone wall originally completed in 1822.
	manila.dusit.com /z845/location_01.html (1089 words)

	RIZAL AND THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION
		Rizal of course met or was acquainted with Bonifacio and others in the Katipunan who were involved earlier in the Liga.
		The virtue of Rizal’s consciousness of his limitations inheres in its efficacy of opening up the horizon of opportunities—what he calls “liberty”-- contingent on the grasp and exploitation of those same limits of his class/national position in society and history.
		It is enough to cite again Rizal’s resolute determination to give his life for the liberation of his people (in the two letters to his brother and to his family) as well as many confessions to Blumentritt, Ponce, Del Pilar, Fr.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/5-19/5-19-SANJUANrizal.htm (4033 words)

	Pet Resources :: Real Estate Gals
		One of the largest off-leash areas in the city, Jose Rizal is located on the west side of Beacon Hill.
		This park comes with picnic tables, restrooms and a play area for children.
		The park was named after a Filipino patriot, Dr. Jose Rizal.
	www.realestategals.com /community/dogparks.php?id=4 (186 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		In many other parts of the world, parks still serve their purpose as places of relaxation, where people can sit around for some peace and quiet, appreciating landscaped open spaces, or engage in physical exercises such as jogging.
		Parks with a view of the sea are particularly prized.
		Rizal Park was crowded during the Christmas holidays, but the park is in a sorry state.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=61932 (1572 words)

	City of Manila Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Dr Rizal was a doctor and novelist who was shot by firing squad at Manila on 30 December 1896 on charges of fomenting local rebellion against the Spanish government.
		Rizal Park has gardens, historical markers, plazas, a grand stadium, an observatory, an open-air concert hall, an artists' sanctuary, a light-and-sound theatre, restaurants, food kiosks and playgrounds, and dozens of fountains.
		Rizal Park is in the heart of Manila's thriving financial, commercial, industrial and institutional centers, overlooking the famous and picturesque Manila Bay.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Philippines/City_of_Manila/Things_To_Do-City_of_Manila-R-4.html (1541 words)

	Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro - Rizal descendants celebrate Rizal Day in Dapitan City
		The "Handuraw" festival, which jibes with the Rizal Day was highlighted with the launching and distribution of the book entitled The Dapitan Letters of Dr. Jose P. Rizal compiled by former Congresman Romeo Garcia Jalosjos.
		It can be recalled that while Rizal was in exile in July 1892 to 1896 in Dapitan, Rizal was able to establish a school for deserving children, conduct medical mission, construct his own lighting facility and mini dam.
		To date, the Rizal shrine environment are being maintained by Rizalian member volunteers who do cleaning at the same time earns from spiritual massage inside the mini hospital of Rizal.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/cag/2007/01/04/life/rizal.descendants.celebrate.rizal.day.in.dapitan.city.html (498 words)

	Philippines Travel Guide - Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines
		Rizal Park is in the capital city of Philippines, Manila.
		Rizal Park is an oasis for relaxation and fun at the same time.
		Rizal Park is separated into three sections which are 16-hectare Agrifina Circle adjoining Taft Avenue; here is where the Department of Tourism and the National Museum of the Filipino people are around, 22-hectare Park proper, and 10-hectare.
	www.excelloz.com /Travel_guide/Manila/Rizal_Park.html (391 words)

	Philippinenews.com
		On June 12, 1956, the Philippine Congress passed the Rizal Law, Republic Act No. 1425, which required that courses on the life, works and writings of Rizal, particularly his novels, the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, be included in the curricula of all schools, colleges and universities.
		When Rizal was exiled to Dapitan in 1892, he established a medical practice in opthalmology which drew patients from all over the Philippines, and abroad.
		Eventually, she moved in with Rizal after a civil union and in 1895, gave birth prematurely to Rizal’s child, Francisco, (named after his father), who only lived for three hours.
	www.philippinenews.com /news/view_article.html?article_id=fc5f3ffa0b151b9b3ae09f22c019213b (1170 words)

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		Rizal Park is a large rectangular space stretching 1,600 feet (500 m) long and 800 feet (250 m) wide.
		Popular with young and old, Manila's Rizal Park is an oasis in the center of an urban jungle.
		At the western edge of the park near Avenue Roxas is the “Rizal Monument,” a 50-foot (15 m) high granite obelisk.
	www.goworldtravel.com /ex/aspx/articleGuid.bdef0b60-a359-4be9-bdd7-724e786d7507/xe/email.htm (781 words)

	Now What, Cat? » Jose Rizal
		Having read the last hours of Rizal especially his dying moment, it bothers me to see how his death from musketry is depicted in these larger-than-life size statues in that park.
		Rizal Park formerly known as Bagumbayan and popularly known as Luneta is not the only park in the world which was built for the national hero.
		Here are excerpts of letters of Rizal to his family which shows that in his effort to make his family accept Miss J or Miss B, he did not fail to mention her in his letters.
	cathcath.com /?cat=57 (1071 words)

	Trip to Rizal Province, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rizal Province is located at south of Bulacan, west of Quezon Province, north of Cavite, Laguna and Laguna de Bay, and east of Manila.
		Rizal Province was established in 1901 from the towns of old Province of Manila and towns of Morong Province.
		Ester Garcia, was one of the judges at Ginoong Antipolo (Mister Antipolo) 2002.
	www.angelfire.com /ab7/armandobalajadia20/rizal.html (2393 words)

	Rizal Enshrined In China - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		The Rizal statue is enshrined in a 5-hectare park built and named in his honor.
		The groundbreaking for the Rizal Park in 2000 was led by then President Joseph Estrada and his Cabinet secretaries.
		Jose Rizal was an ethnic Chinese, and the Rizal park in China is in his hometown in Fujian province, where the majority of Chinese Filipinos came from.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=8845 (852 words)

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		The park has a dog off-leash area at its north end, and picnic tables, restrooms, and a small play area for children to the south.
		The meadow slope site was transferred to the parks Department in 1971, and was named after Dr. Jose Rizal three years later.
		Rizal was a Filipino patriot who, during his short life, made lasting contributions to medicine, political and social reform, engineering and a large number of other disciplines.
	www.seattle.gov /parks/park_detail.asp?ID=433 (257 words)

	Knights of Rizal - activities
		The house of Rizal, 37 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, Camden, was where we used to have our wreaths hung on the Rizal Day and Birthday.
		Myra Schetman, now holder of the Knights of Rizal Recognition Medal, saw us and approached us about using the Chalk Farm Library, which is part of the Camden Library.
		Then we made a garden in the back of the Library outside, which became the Rizal Memorial Garden and we blended earth from the Philippines with earth from UK to make it a real Philippine garden.
	www.knights-of-rizal.com /camdenlib.html (286 words)

	1Up Travel > Philippines - Attractions and Sight Seeing in Philippines. - Rizal Park
		Rizal Park which is at the peripheral of the Wall City, is originally known as Bagumbayan and, later, Luneta.
		The park has many points of interest including a Japanese garden, Chinese garden, artist's sanctuary, a children's playground, stone statues of dinosaurs and monsters.
		To commemorate history of the park, a light show telling the graphic story of Rizal's execution is staged every evening at 7:30 PM.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/asia/philippines/rizalpark.html (180 words)

	EarthCorps :: Spotlight
		Jose Rizal is at the northern end of a greenbelt running along the east side of Interstate 5 that in the 1930s was dubbed "The Jungle" for sheltering hobos, said Craig Thompson of the Beacon Alliance of Neighbors, a community council.
		Monday's weeding was part of a long-term plan to recover the park for residents and nature lovers to enjoy.
		Surveying the hillside at Jose Rizal, Seattle Parks and Recreation Department urban forester Katie Moller declared it "the worst-case scenario." Ivy climbed nearly to the top of deciduous trees and cascaded down the hillside.
	www.earthcorps.org /spotlight.php?article_id=119 (777 words)

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