Anyone accused or convicted of a capital crime‚ being diagnosed with Mental Retardation can mean a term of life or death. Daryl Renard Atkins was convicted of abduction‚ armed robbery and capital murder. A forensic psychologist testified that Atkins was mildly mentally retarded. The was tried twice‚ both time sentenced to death. In the Atkins v. Virginia (2002) case‚ Supreme Court ruled that execution of such a person constitutes cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment (Bethany
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My report is about the novel "Burying the Sun‚" by Gloria Whelan. The title of the book may illustrate how war can destroy a kid’s heart‚ the same way that burying the sun would darken and eventually destroy the earth. It also gets dark and cold in Siberia‚ as if one ’buried’ the sun. In my opinion‚ this is a great historical fiction on World War II. The story takes place in early 1940s Russia‚ in the city of Leningrad (now called St. Petersburg). The main character is a 15-year old boy named
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Southern Tagalog workers protest political persecution Southern Tagalog workers protest political persecution The Canadian media has reported on the massive increase of Filipino migrant workers into Canada. The human rights situation in that country reveals the underlying reasons why so many are looking to leave. On February 5‚ Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr.‚ the chief counsel of Kilusang Mayo Uno [KMU (May First Movement)] — the progressive alliance of trade unions in the Philippines — and
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS IN THE PHILIPPINES From historical accounts about the Philippines‚ one can readily that certain types of competitive athletics were enjoyed as early as the pre-Spanish period by the Filipinos. Games which were brought to the Philippines shores from Malaya‚ Indonesia‚ China‚ and India did not enjoy as much popularity as in their later period. When the Spaniards came to this country their primary objectiveswere to spread Christianity and to exploit its natural
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ASP.NET PROJECT DOCUMENTATION QUEZON CITY POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ONLINE STUDENT PORTAL FOR QUEZON CITY POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY DEVELOPERS Argete‚ Elma R. Chenilla‚ Jomar P. Duran‚ Mel Jane A. Junio‚ Jeno I. Osorio‚ Shekinah Roebec M. Tabotabo‚ Robin James A. Table of Contents Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background of the Company 2 1.2 Rationale 3 1.3 General Objectives 3 2 SCOPE OF THEPROJECT 4 2.1 Website Design and Development 4 2.2
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HARLENE T. ALEGORO BSACT 1-5 THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILLIPINES General Emilio F. Aguinaldo | January 23‚ 1899- April 1‚ 1901 | * Aguinaldo is best remembered for the proclamation of Philippine Independence on June 12‚ 1898‚ in Kawit‚ Cavite. * Youngest president – he became the country’s leader at age 28 * one of the active leaders of KKK * First president of the Philippines First Republic (a.k.a. Malolos Republic). * Aguinaldo was on the 5-peso bill (which is not used anymore‚ instead
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Nais mong maabot lipunang malayaIbig mong makamit kaginhawaan ng madlaPaano mo mararating ang pangarap na itoKung bulag ka sa nangyayari sa paligid moTainga mo nama’y bingi sa karaingan ng taoDi mo pinapansin ang kanilang pagsusumamo.Pananaw mo sa buhay‚ bakit ba ganyan?Nais mong tumulong ikaw nama’y nag-aalinlanganIkaw ba’y natatakot iyong karapata’y ipaglaban?O iniisip mo lamang ang sarili mong kapakanan?Nasa pagkilos ang ating paglayaHindi sa pangarap at patunga-tungangaKung hindi ngayon kailan
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Pollution in different forms… Industrialization for better industry… Yet‚ trees are being cut down and so the word deforestation was coined. All these entities – pollution‚ industrialization‚ and deforestation have decreased the supply of good quality raw water for drinking and domestic use not just in locality but this has become a global dilemma. Water is life. Therefore‚ there is a big need to save every single drop of it from any forms of contaminants. It should not become the source of
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English21b.1156 2/7/11 EP3 Like everything in life‚ there is always a cause to something and with a cause come’s its effects. In the case of Gloria Anzaldua and Eric Liu we see that the cause of them having to assimilate is because they live in a dominant society to which their culture and identity do not meet the standards of the currents society. This causes them to have to assimilate so that they are able to fit
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Gloria Anzaldua’s Borderlands La Frontera the New Mestiza was hard to get through at times because of its distorted structure. The novel consists of short passages‚ historical contexts‚ poems‚ recollections‚ personal experiences‚ quotes and much more. The reason that I found it difficult to get through the text was because it was partially in English and partially in Spanish. My lack of fluency in the foreign language that she used created a barrier that did not allow me to fully understand what
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