MANILA‚ Philippines—Liking and sharing libelous material on Facebook and retweeting similarly defamatory content on Twitter would make a netizen liable under the Cybercrime Prevention Act‚ Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago warned on Saturday. These are some of the punishable acts prescribed by the new law that makes Republic Act No. 10175 violative of the constitutional provision on free speech‚ said Santiago‚ a former trial court judge and magistrate-in-waiting to the International Court of Justice
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Cornell Note Taking Template Key Words: Notes: Ancient Iran 1000-500 B.C.E. | 1) In the sixth century B.C.E. the vigorous Persians of southwest Iran created the largest empire the world had yet seen. | | | Geography and Resources | 1) Iran boundaries | IBHE | a) West: Zagros Mountains | | b) North/NW: Caucasus Mountains & Caspian Sea | | c) East/SE: Mountains of Afghanistan & desert of Baluchistan | | d) SW: Persian Gulf | |
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Compare and contrast the political system in the UK with the political system in your country of origin. Clearly indicate your home country. The Oxford Dictionary‚ defined politics as ‘the activities associated with the governance of a country or area‚ especially the debate between parties having power’. Therefore political systems are the processes involved in decision making and the governing of nations. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the political system of both the UK and Nigeria‚
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Since before societies could easily compare cultures‚ they still managed to live with similar practices. Religion‚ government and laws were treated alike throughout empires‚ even though only mere travelers were the ones influencing entire populations. Yet‚ unjust things also spread throughout distant lands‚ such as sexism and racism‚ and in turn allowed for prejudice to engulf societies. Nonetheless‚ things like time and oppression can’t change humanities most carnal desires. Certain practices have
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Socioeconomic Status and Sentencing – Is it Fair? CRJU 354 – Corrections Abstract In 1963‚ the Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment guarantees every defendant‚ regardless of socioeconomic status‚ the right to an attorney and equal protection under the court of law. This means that an indigent defendant that cannot afford to hire a private attorney may have a public defender appointed to him or her. However‚ fifty years later‚ the promises of Gideon
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A Mighty Cleaner and Soldier “You’ll stop paying the elbow tax‚ when you start cleaning with Ajax!” was the first commercial jingle to air on television in the United States. In 1948‚ this jingle was used for Ajax Cleanser. Colgate-Palmolive popularized this manufactured cleaner in 1947. The mythological entity Ajax helped the company come up with their original and most popular catchphrase‚ “Stronger than dirt!” Ajax All-Purpose Cleaner with Ammonia was made as a current seller in 1962‚ and became
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First a bit of background on the rise of democracy in Athens. In 594 B.C. an Athenian reformer by the name of Solon attempted to break a political monopoly of various aristocratic families‚ and in the process abolished debt slavery‚ opened access to public office to a greater amount of people‚ and allowed all citizens of Athens to participate in it’s legislative
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Introduction Greece as of old was divided among a few many city-states called poleis.Among all these poleis Athens and Sparta were the most influencial and biggest states.Athens was culturally‚economically and socially created while Sparta’s way of life was totally taking into account military system.Geographically‚ Sparta situated in the Peloponnesus penisula of southern Greece and Athens was 100 miles far situated at north-east corner of Sparta. Athens and Sparta were the opponents of one another
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Meyer sent him scientific books and journals‚ artificial eyes‚ microscopes‚ and surgical instruments since he did not accept money. He also discovered three rare specimens of animals that were named in his honor by European scientist‚ these were: Draco rizali which is a small lizard know as a flying dragon; Apogania rizali a rare kind of beetle; and the Rhacophorus rizali‚ a peculiar frog species. Rizal was also an inventor although he was not as inventive wizard as Thomas Edison. He invented a
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Wendy Conley September 21‚ 2011 My Family Vacation to Niagara Falls…. It was time for us to start planning our summer vacation. We had a family meeting and our choices this year were Niagara Fall or South Carolina. We had all the information about each place in front of us. We all sat at the kitchen table and went through the areas of interest and voted on Niagara Falls. It was a unanimous vote. All the plans were made and set for August 8‚ 2011. We had no idea how much we would enjoy
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