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Amílcar Tirado
Amílcar Tirado (April 9, 1922 - January 24, 2004) was a Puerto Rican filmmaker active primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. Working for the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education in the Audiovisual Department, Tirado created socially-minded films, often using local jíbaros as actors. Biography Amílcar Tirado was born in Coamo, Puerto Rico. Served in the United States Army during the World War II era. He received a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of Puerto Rico in 1944 and a master's degree in theater directing from Yale University in 1945. He worked as a consultant for Warner Bros. during the 1950s. He was involved in the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education from its outset and continued working with the division until 1965. Tirado taught at the University of Puerto Rico for a short time in 1965–1967, although he continued to be involved in Puerto Rican film production after this. He continued his education during the later half of his lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coamo, Puerto Rico
Coamo (, ) is a Coamo barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico, located north of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, Orocovis and Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, Barranquitas; east of Villalba, Puerto Rico, Villalba and Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, Aibonito and Salinas, Puerto Rico, Salinas. Coamo is spread over 10 barrios and Coamo barrio-pueblo, Coamo Pueblo – the downtown area and the administrative center of the city. It is both a principal city of the Coamo Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area, Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area. Coamo is a small town nestled in a valley about east of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce (about 25 minutes by car). It was named San Blas Illescas de Coamo by its first settlers. Saint Blaise (''San Blas'') was the Catholic saint who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Homar
Lorenzo Homar Gelabert (September 10, 1913 – February 16, 2004) was a Puerto Rican printmaker, painter, and calligrapher whose artwork stretches to three main workshops: (CPA), DIVEDCO (), and the of the (ICP). Homar was also the designer of the logo of the (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture). Early years Lorenzo Homar was born in 1913 in Barrio Puerta de Tierra in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father, Lorenzo Homar Sr., was a film promoter and his mother, Margarita Gelabert, a pianist. Although he attended grammar school in San Juan, in 1928 due to financial difficulties, his family is forced to move to New York City. Because of the financial situation of his family, Homar did not finish his high school education and went to work in a textile factory. In 1931, he attended New York's Art Students League where he learned the art of drawing under the guidance of George Bridgman. Homar joined the House of Cartier in 1936 in New York as an apprentice designer of jewelry. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deaths From Alzheimer's Disease
Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable process that eventually occurs in almost all organisms. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the similar process seen in individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said to die. As of the early 21st century, over 150,000 humans die each day, with ageing being by far the most common cause of death. Many cultures and religions have the idea of an afterlife, and also may hold the idea of judgement of good and bad deeds in one's life (heaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burials At Puerto Rico National Cemetery
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition. Humans have been burying their dead since shortly after the origin of the species. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life. Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming or mummification; and the use of containers for the dead, such as shrouds, coffins, grave liners, and bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
