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    Philippines Jose Rizal A Filipino nationalist‚ writer and reformist. He is widely considered the greatest national hero of the Philippines. He was the author of Noli Me Tángere‚ El Filibusterismo and a number of poems and essays. He was executed by a firing squad on December 30‚ 1896. Andres Bonifacio a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He is often called "the father of the Philippine Revolution". He was a founder and later Supremo ("supreme leader") of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence

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    The Death Penalty

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    Carolynn Rogers Mr. Watson American Gov/Civics (4) 04 October 2011 Project Three Death Penalty Watch a man sit on a gurney and “humanely” die. The first chemical closes his eyes and puts him in a deep sleep‚ while the following injections stop him from breathing‚ and his heart from pumping. This is legal murder. Is the purpose of the death penalty to remove from society someone who would cause more harm? Is the purpose to remove from society someone who is incapable of rehabilitation

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    Paradise Lost

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    Paradise Lost While watching the HBO Documentary “Paradise Lost”‚ I saw the horrific murder cases of three second grade boys at West Memphis Arkansas. The suspected murderers were Jessie Misskelley‚ Jr.‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Damien Echols‚ their ages were seventeen‚ sixteen‚ and eighteen. As a motive for the murders the prosecution believed they were performed as a satanic ritual. After an intense trial each of the teenagers were found guilty by the jury‚ although there was a fairly large lack

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    Biography of Hermano Pule

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    20 INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT HERMANO PULE SUBMITTED BY: TOMENIO‚ GABRIELA Y. CEIT-02-401P SUBMITTED TO: PROF. JENSEN MAÑEBOG INTRODUCTION Apolinario dela Cruz‚ popularly known as Hermano Pule was born on july 22‚ 1815 in Barrio Pandac‚ Lucban‚ Tayabas now known as Quezon Province. He led the first major revolt in the Philippines that lasted for a year. The revolt is based on a struggle for religious freedom and independence. He founded Confradia

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    How did the IWW differ from the AFL and other workers’ unions? The IWW was a much different union then seen in previous years. IWW believed that most trade unions during it’s promoted same industry worker competition. To be specific‚ this ultimately would lead worker competition especially seen in terms of wages. In the 1900’s there where multiple different unions; each of which was usually divided by race‚ gender‚ or skill. The IWW (Industrial workers of the world) sought a very different type

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    Valkyrie Valkyrie is about the July 20 attempted assassination plot by a group of German officers against Hitler‚ after people started to realize he was insane. It’s based on the unbelievable true story of Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg and July 20th assassination plot targeting Hitler. This so-called thriller reenacts the operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. What drew me to this film over others on the list was I actually had this one at my house that

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    Distinctively Visual Essay

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    “Run Lola Run” directed by tom Twyker and “ The Third of May” by Francisco Goya both use visual techniques to convey their message to the audience and involve the audience in the experiences that the images create. The mediums in which both the composers choose to convey these messages are successful in communicating to the audience the types of experiences that are represented in the images “Run Lola Run” directed by Tom Twyker follows a woman who must get 100‚000 in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend

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    “Bayaning Third World” The film was all about different controversies surrounding Rizal and the highlight was the Retraction Controversy. Did Rizal‚ in his last few days‚ ever wrote a letter withdrawing his attacks to the Catholic Church? If he did‚ what could have driven him to write that? The retraction letter is really controversial because if Rizal did write that‚ it would turn out that he does not deserve to be called a hero after all. The film makes me feel like I am in the Hispanic time

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    Trench Art

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    Cal Farley is noted for what he mainly did after World War I than what he did during. Although it is noted that he was one of the two unarmed men out of the thirty-four survivors in the C-Company that had a total of 2500 men. Farley is responsible for many opportunities for homeless and challenged young men in Amarillo‚ including being a Cofounder of Boys Ranch. The placard informs us that Trench Art was made by soldiers spending vast majorities of their time in the trenches during WWI. The piece

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    those executed‚ 12 were female. These executions have been held in 34 different states with Texas being the highest at 37 percent. The majority of the time lethal injection and the electric chair were used. However‚ gas chambers‚ hanging‚ and a firing squad have also been utilized (“Stewart”). Since the reestablishment of the death penalty in the United States‚ if it is considered cruel and unusual punishment or if it is an effective and moral way of punishing criminals has been an ongoing issue (“Update:

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