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    The Book of Judges

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    The book of Judges is the sequel to Joshua. It is the seventh book of the Old Testament. It recounts stories and events from the death of the hebrew leader and prophet Joshua to the birth of the hebrew Samuel. That is roughly‚ from the end of the Israelite conquest of Canan in the 13th Century B.C to the beginning of the monarchy in the 11 th century B.C. It tells about the hebrews from Joshua’s Death to the time of Samuel. It was written in about 550 BC‚ on tablets named the Ras Shamra tablets

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    Determinate sentence is use by some states; the judge is who determinate the time that the offender will serve in jail. In this type of sentence‚ the judge can’t use discretion at the time of sentencing he only apply the law as it is. The period of time that these offenders will spend in jail cannot be change by parole board. In a determinate system‚ the offender knows when he will be released from jail. The released time is determinate by the judge. Overall‚ the judge has to review the pre-sentence and who

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    Judges 1-7‚ 9‚ 11 – The book of Judges appears to pick up after the death of Joshua‚ but it does recount a few events that occurred in Joshua’s time. However‚ these events are portrayed in a much different way. Instead of the Promised Land being totally under the control of the Israelites‚ there are people groups and areas of the land that have yet to be conquered. The writer justifies this difference by explaining that YHWH let those people live so as to be a test for the Israelites – will they

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    A Good Judge

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    A good judge is someone whom upholds justice and abides the law‚ while taking in the interests and opinions of the people. He should be selected through state judicial elections‚ where citizens have the final say based purely on factors such as popularity‚ qualifications and character. After all‚ we are the ones who elected the president‚ just because he portrays best the way we view ideology‚ ethics and values. Furthermore‚ more than 95 percent of the nation’s legal cases are decided by state or

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    Crucible‚ Judge Danforth said ‚ “A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it” (Miller). This quote represented Danforth’s character as he has a very narrow form of justice‚ either right or wrong. This quote foreshadowed the sentencing of John Proctor. Although Proctor was known as a good man in the townspeople’s eyes‚ Danforth only sees his guilt and devilish ways. Some characteristics of being an effective judge is being fair‚ having courage‚ and impartiality. Judge Danforth

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    Idealism This article is about the philosophical notion of idealism. For other uses‚ see Idealism (disambiguation) In philosophy‚ idealism is the group of philosophies which assert that reality‚ or reality as we can know it‚ is fundamentally mental‚ mentally constructed‚ or otherwise immaterial. Epistemologically‚ idealism manifests as a skepticism about the possibility of knowing any mind-independent thing. In a sociological sense‚ idealism emphasizes how human ideas — especially beliefs and values

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    system runs by two models in order to keep peace and order to the public the first model is the determinate sentencing model what the Determinate model is when the judge is about to pass a sentence on to defendant and to address the problem with crimes that has been going around since the 1980s for example the government of some states in our country passed the three strike laws where when someone commits a crime that is considered serious then they get harsher sentences and to tell people who

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    disguise of his biography‚ he is putting emphasis on the fact that nurture overpowers nature and the ability to persevere. By emphasizing Michael Oher’s uncertainty of what he wanted to do in the beginning of the book‚ he discreetly attributes this to Oher’s mentality developed while living in the Hurt Village projects. And in using the results of his Aptitude test‚ his unstable residency‚ and his skin color‚ he presents a series of allusions that were identifiable to his contemporaries as critical of

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    Letter For Judges

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    November 25‚ 2014 MS. HELEN JOY LORIEGA-RIVERA Judge Miss Education 2014 Madam: The Education Student Council is requesting your precious time to have a deliberation with us regarding the result of the Miss Education Closed-Door Pageant. After a meeting last November 17‚ 2014‚ the council have decided to have an appeal to review your decision in the result of Miss Education 2014 for the following considerations: a. number 10 was consistent to be the first in both rounds but was not given the

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    Lecture 3 Fundamental Philosophical Issues Lecture Outline I. Introduction II. Mind-Body relationship III.Determinism vs indeterminism IV. Value-free science V. Mental health and morality VI. Autonomy vs conformity VII.Conclusions ------------------------------------------- I. Introduction: Adherents to the different theoretical orientations

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