The Philippines i/ˈfɪlɨpiːnz/ (Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs])‚ officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas)‚ or in (Spanish: República de las Filipinas) is a sovereign country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo‚ and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other
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“If she was a white girl‚ she could still be alive.” A sentence in the lyric of the song our keynote speaker plays echoes in the assembly hall‚ crammed with more than one thousand people—students and faculty members. The song Not One More by TWOCC grieves the loss of several transgender women of color. Our keynote speaker says that the life expectancy of transgender women of color in the US is merely 35 years. Compared to the average global life expectancy of 70 years old‚ that number is depressing
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Should More People Vote? Voting in a local‚ state‚ or national election is an exciting opportunity provided by democratic nations to their citizens. But some of us don’t value that option when we fail to exercise our right to vote. So‚ if voting is so exciting‚ why aren’t more Americans exercising their right and voting? A better question‚ why are people who are able to and/or registered to vote‚ don’t? Some may say the reason is "their votes don’t count‚ too busy‚ lines to long‚ the registration
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to keep her child while she went to another town to look for work. She ended up in Valjean’s factory‚ where she was fired after it was discovered that she had a child. In the meantime‚ the innkeeper‚ Thenardier‚ made up stories about Cosette needing more clothes‚ needing medicine‚
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the reasons that everything cannot be done all the time and so results in more work rather than less‚ but few of us can imagine living without washing machines‚ vacuum cleaners or dishwashersor electricity‚ for that matter. But in the use of the term "technology" today‚ there is far more
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Simon Jeruchim In the history of the world there are very few events that are more horrific than the Holocaust. The Holocaust started when Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. The Holocaust means the destruction or slaughter of people on a mass scale. During this time‚ it was the Jews. Simon Jeruchim was a Jew during this time‚ and he was a Holocaust survivor. (Rice‚ Earle p.38-51) The Nuremberg law was created in 1935. The law said that the German Jews were no longer citizens
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Quality Starbucks sets its prices on a simple idea: high value at moderate cost. When people feel like they are getting a good deal for their money‚ they are more likely to pay a higher cost. Quality is key. Starbucks has to maintain strict quality controls in its coffee sourcing as well as in its customer service and peripheral products to justify its costs. Differentiation Starbucks also spends a lot of time and energy differentiating itself from the competition. You can see this in the design
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crollins English 125 9/28/12 A more perfect union Barack Obama decided to write an essay about the controversy surrounding his campaign. The speech was called A more perfect union. Barack Obama wrote A more perfect union to talk about race and how it has played a huge part in his campaign. He talks about how the American people should be focusing on the main goal that all races face which is bad economy‚ poor education‚ issues concerning the environment etc. Politicians should be judge
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More Perfect Union Speech In President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign speech‚ the resentments of each subgroup spoken about are valid. Not everyone within the African-American community feels as strongly as he does about the resentments but majority do from what I’ve seen. There are many instances where one can say that because blacks and other minorities don’t get as many opportunities as those in the white community‚ their resentment continues to grow. Many African Americans also think that
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because of the availability of extensive amount of data on the Internet. Admittedly‚ it might be very difficult for a student to imagine doing and submitting a coursework in a handwritten form rather than soft and printed version. Computers are also widely applied to gain knowledge from a distance‚ however‚ those devices do not teach the students themselves. A teacher and a student are connected to each other from any corner of the globe to have a lesson using video conferencing technologies like
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