Gideon v. Wainwright Facts Defendant Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with breaken and entering a poolroom with intent to commit a misdemeanor. Defendant was denied request for appointed counsel on the grounds that under the laws of Florida only a defendant charged with a capital offense was entitled to such an appointment. Defendant was without funds. Defendant conducted his own defense. Defendant was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment of five years in the state prison. Defendant filed
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Manual In Partial Fulfillment in the Requirements for the Subject Operating System Submitted by: Dragon‚ Glennis Ann F. Fortin‚ Brian Kenneth T. Gabertan‚ Mark Jay D. Maniago‚ Marvin M. Nuqui‚ Archie J. Date Submitted: March 20‚ 2013 A brief history of Ubuntu Ubuntu was conceived in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth‚ a successful South African entrepreneur‚and his company Canonical. Shuttleleworth recognized the power of Linux and open source‚ but was also aware of weaknesses that prevented
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Aglipay vs. Ruiz [64 PHIL 201; G.R. NO. 45459; 13 MAR 1937] Case Digest I. Facts In May 1936‚ the Director of Posts announced in the dailies of Manila that he would order the issuance of postage stamps commemorating the celebration in the City of Manila of the 33rd International Eucharistic Congress‚ organized by the Roman Catholic Church. The petitioner‚ Mons. Gregorio Aglipay‚ Supreme Head of the Philippine Independent Church‚ in the fulfillment of what he considers to be a civic duty
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Jealous of his adoptive brother and fearful he won’t inherit his father’s fortune‚ a man gets entangled with mobsters and his adoptive brother must find him before it’s too late. BRIEF SYNOPSIS BROCK (12) is spoiled and likes to raise hell. His single father‚ CLIFFORD‚ doesn’t have the heart to discipline him. When Clifford’s best friend dies‚ Clifford adopts his orphan son‚ DEREK (12). Derek is the complete opposite of Brock. Brock soon becomes jealous. His father wishes Brock were more like Derek
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A Brief History of Telescopes 1608 AD – Hans Lippershey‚ German-born Dutch lens maker‚ applied for a patent for his refracting telescope (using 2 lenses)‚ he intended them for use in the military. 1609-1610 – Galileo Galilei built his own refractor telescopes to observe the sky‚ and discovered Saturn’s rings‚ Jupiter’s moons‚ and along with many other significant discoveries. 1655 – Christian Huygens‚ a Dutch physicist and astronomer developed powerful lenses for refractor telescopes with his
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A historic Supreme Court case‚ Brown vs the Board of Education‚ ruled segregation in schools to be ‘inherently unequal’. The Warren Court claimed school segregation violated the equal protection clause under the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling occurred at the start of the civil rights movement on May 17th‚ 1954. Later‚ the Supreme Court ruled on a different case called Brown 2. The judges declared school districts should integrate ‘as soon as practical’. Brown 2 slowed down the integration processes
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Ahold vs. Tesco Case Analysis Group 5: Rayan Alqubaysi‚ Yuchen (Jason) Jin‚ Laura Payne‚ Lei Wang Introduction of Case ● Alpha Plus Asset Management- investment decision ● Analyzed history‚ business strategy‚ recent performance and future goals ○ ○ Differences in stock prices with similar ROEs How should cash position be taken into account when assessing performance? Porter’s Five Forces of Competitive Position Ahold Threat of new entrants (Market) Bargaining power of customers (Products) Bargaining
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Case 15: Skype vs. AT&T 1) What are the dominant economic characteristics of the VoIP Industry? Public switch telephone networks (PSTN) charge based on minutes whereas Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) charges based on data usage. VoIP services charge a flat fee and Skype actually offers free talk between Skype users. VoIP is likely to grow significantly‚ taking away from PTSN’s market. VoIP is also cheap to operate as the infrastructure is already there. VoIP is also considered part of the
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BRIEF HISTORY OF ITALY Italy‚ history of since earliest times the history of Italy has been influenced by cultural and political divisions resulting from the peninsula’s disparate geography and by circumstances that made Italy the scene of many of Europe’s most important struggles for power. EARLY ITALY Human activity in Italy started during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods. By the beginning of the Neolithic period (c.5000 BC)‚ the small communities of hunters of earlier times were
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