Aquino Rising‚ Change Underway? MIDYEAR 2010: Midyear Briefing‚ July 15 and 16‚ 2010 UP Balay Internasyonal‚ UP Diliman Quezon City IBON Foundation is an independent development institution established in 1978 2 IBON Economic and Political Briefing 15-16 July 2010 Aquino Rising‚ Change Underway? he start of a new administration after the May 10‚ 2010 national elections has raised public hopes of a break from the past. Various crises marked the last decade under the Arroyo
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In his speech‚ What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?‚ Frederick Douglass passionately argues that to the slave‚ and even to the freed African American‚ the Fourth of July is no more than a mockery of the grossest kind. Douglas uses many rhetorical strategies to convey his powerful emotions on the subject‚ and the end result is a very effectively argued point. Douglass begins by asking a series of rhetorical questions‚ not without the use of sarcasm. He refers to "that" Declaration of Independence
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on my arms second degrees burns on my stomach‚ third degree burns on my legs and lower stomach‚ and fourth degree burns on my lower legs and feet. When I first got there the put me in a room and introduced me to the anesthesiologist and the reconstructive surgeon. The surgeon told me that his plan is to remove the dead tissue from my burns and then they’ll do skin grafts to help my third and fourth degree burns. After I was done speaking with the surgeon the anesthesiologist started to tell me what
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track its movement. The case United States V. Jones‚ suggested that the Fourth Amendment must continue to protect against government intrusions. Any use of a tracking device without a warrant would be highly risky for law enforcement All citizens of The United States deserve their privacy‚ but in those emergency situations where you have to invade someone’s privacy for the greater good of others than that’s acceptable. The Fourth Amendment offers and important safeguard against unjustified government
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"We Went Down Standing Up" Glory is a movie about the fifty-fourth Massachusetts regiment in the civil war. This was the first all black regiment the Union ever allowed to fight. Throughout the movie one quote kept proving itself true‚ "We went down standing up." The members of the fifty-fourth proved that they wanted to go down standing up just by joining the army. However there were many situations that proved this further‚ as the film continued. During the regiment’s training period
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for the protection of citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Because of this‚ our legal system requires that a warrant be obtained prior to a search of people or their homes or property. Without this provision‚ citizens would be subject to invasions of privacy without probable cause. While the idea behind the protection from unreasonable searches and seizures was well-intentioned‚ in practice it did not immediately
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Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was funded by the Venetians and ended with crusaders attacking the city of Constantinople to increase land and trade power. The overall impact of these four crusades on Western Europe can be seen in the expansion and growth of trade‚ the growth
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The Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square is very different from the other three – instead of carrying a grey statue it always surprises one’s eye with a contemporary sculptural piece‚ which is changed every two years. But the question is – does the contemporary art sculptures fit into the classical space of Trafalgar Square? The Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square‚ built in the north-west corner‚ was designed by Sir Charles Barry in 1841. It was intended‚ that it would hold an equestrian
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A. Fourth Amendment: Reasonableness Requirement The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures of persons‚ papers‚ houses‚ and effects by the government. A search or seizure occurs when the government violates a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy. Under two-prong Katz test‚ a reasonable expectation of privacy exists‚ where (1) a person exhibits a subjective expectation of privacy‚ and (2) society deems the expectation objectively reasonable. Under the subjective
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Within Chapter 2 of The New Jim Crow‚ Michelle Alexander talks about the Fourth Amendment‚ which warrants against unreasonable search and seizure‚ which is rarely mentioned today. I then realized that the problem now is that we are not told about our civil rights and liberties‚ which results in our loss of agency and power. This especially happens to more disenfranchised groups such as African Americans and Latinos‚ in addition to other racial and ethnic groups deemed “suspicious”. To those who believe
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