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Duterte is not letting people have their own opinion on this current situation which I find dumb. People need to express their opinions, whether it is good OR bad for them. He needs to accept the fact that sometimes people will disagree and agree with him.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked south, days before the Supreme Court is set to rule on its legality this week.

Duterte declared military rule across the region of Mindanao, home to about 20 million people, in late May to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there.

The Philippine leader has insisted he would ignore the findings of the court, which has constitutional oversight, vowing only to listen to recommendations from the armed forces.

"It's not dependent on the whim of the Supreme Court. Should I believe them? When I see the situation is still chaotic and you ask me to lift it? I will arrest you and put you behind bars," Duterte said in a speech before local officials on Saturday.

"We can talk of anything else and make compromises maybe but not when the interest of my country is at stake."

Government forces are continuing to battle militants occupying the city of Marawi, with aerial bombardment and ferocious street-to-street combat that has left some 400 people dead and forced nearly 400,000 people in the wider area to flee their homes.

Duterte has faced a backlash from opposition lawmakers, who last month asked the Supreme Court to reject the declaration of martial law, which they have slammed as unconstitutional.

The 1987 constitution imposes limits on martial law to prevent a repeat of the abuses under dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was deposed by a famous "People Power" revolution the previous year.

The charter allows the Supreme Court to review the factual basis for proclaiming martial law, which is limited to an initial period of 60 days. If a president decides to extend martial law, congress can review and revoke it.

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Duterte threatens to jail martial law critics

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked south, days before the Supreme Court is set to rule on its legality this week. Duterte declared military rule across the region of Mindanao, home to about 20 million people, in late May to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there.

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I love how they're offering a meme studies in CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY which is hilarious, and I just can't believe this exists, just the fact they will learn about "Memes" just gets me everytime.

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The University's decision to run the course came as a surprise in some quartersLouis Ashworth

The University of Cambridge has announced that it will run a short course entitled 'Understanding and Analysis of the Meme Revolution' this summer.

The course will begin with a general study of the better-known memes, or 'normie memes' in the terminology of the genre, before allowing students to specialise in the more obscure variants of the phenomenon, such as so-called 'doggo memes' and political memes.

Memes are a popular form of entertainment-cum-communication on the internet, particularly for millennials. Usually taking the form of an image accompanied by a caption relating to common experience, they nonetheless can take many forms, from simple photoshopped images to crude cartoons.

Among the topics students of the course will be permitted to study will be '"Cash me ousside" - memes and feminist discourse', 'Where go dat boi?' and 'Pepe: myth or reality?'

An internet meme satirises the accommodation arrangements of Emmanuel CollegeROAR

There will also be several debates and roundtable events, such as 'This House Believes that Shooting Stars memes are indicative of man's tendency towards self-destruction'.

Varsity understands that that Nusret Gökçe, also known as 'Salt Bae', will be a guest lecturer on the course, along with Girton Maths student Tom Wang, who came to prominence on the page Memebridge.

The course will be examined, with two exams lasting three hours each, as well a long essay on a meme of their choice. It is hoped that essays of a particularly high standard will be published in the inaugural edition of the 'Cambridge Journal of Memeology'.

Professor D. Oge, who has a PhD in Viral Phenomena and campaigned for the course, told Varsity: "This course is long overdue, and it is time we accept that memes have had and will continue to have a definitive place in modern society.

"In the same way scholars have analysed the art of the Renaissance as a marker for the start of Early Modern Age, I hope this course is a stepping stone in increasing awareness and further research in how memes have marked a turning point in the 21st century."

He added: "Memes are an essential element of our culture, and if we do not equip our students to understand and interpret them, the University is in danger of losing ground to its more progressive competitors."

In order to get a place on the course, hopefuls are required to demonstrate a certain proficiency in making memes. Applicants are invited to submit their 'dankest' memes by the end of next week, with interviews to be held on the 31st April

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Cambridge to offer short course in meme studies

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The University of Cambridge has announced that it will run a short course entitled 'Understanding and Analysis of the Meme Revolution' this summer. The course will begin with a general study of the better-known memes, or 'normie memes' in the terminology of the genre, before allowing students to specialise in the more obscure variants of the phenomenon, such as so-called 'doggo memes' and political memes.

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MY CHILDHOOD GAME IS GONE!! I cry. ;-;

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Club Penguin, the Disney-owned social network for kids, announced this morning it's shutting down. In its place, the company will launch a new product for mobile, Club Penguin Island, which has been in development over the past several years. Club Penguin Island will launch in March, while the Club Penguin game on the desktop and mobile devices will shut down on March 29, 2017.

The closure is a bittersweet milestone for a certain generation - those who grew up with computers and the internet, and learned to socialize online through Club Penguin's virtual world.

Started in 2005, the site featured avatars of animated penguins (hence the name), that lived in its online world. Users could play games, chat, and build their home with virtual accessories. The company sold to Disney in 2007, in a deal that then valued the business at $700 million. At the time, it had over 12 million users. By 2013, that number had grown to 200 million, though there's some indication that visitors have been on the decline.

According to one traffic measurement source, SimilarWeb, the site saw 5.6 million visitors as of December, 2016 - and that figure was down from 7.4 million in July, 2016. The U.S., however, was still the primarily source of that traffic, driving over a quarter of the total visits to the site.

Meanwhile, on mobile, the iOS app had dropped to #595 in the Games category, and had consistently been ranked in the 400's or 500's, with an occasional bounce into the 300's, over the past couple of years, as well.

The problem for Club Penguin, which was aimed at younger children and tweens primarily, is that there are now so many apps vying for kids' attention. Even if they're not lying about their age in order to join sites like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, there are other places for kids to engage online, including YouTube, Nickelodeon's properties, PBS Kids, and elsewhere. Plus, there are app stores filled with games to divert kids' attention.

The new site, Club Penguin Island, will look to recapture kids' interest, with a modern-day take on the original virtual world, but one's that focused on mobile. Though related, Club Penguin Island is its own, standalone app - players can't bring items or coins from the old site to the new one. Their Club Penguin membership will also not transfer over to the new property.

Club Penguin was a significant online property, which led to the development of fan sites, wikis, and other online communities for its players over the years. However, it was more recently in the news for being home to an online anti-Trump protest from elementary schoolers - a notable reminder that today's political upheaval is being felt even by the youngest in the U.S.

Club Penguin Island is currently offering pre-registration, so kids can reserve their new penguin's name in advance of its March release.

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Club Penguin, the Disney-owned social network for kids, announced this morning it's shutting down. In its place, the company will launch a new product for mobile, Club Penguin Island, which has been in development over the past several years.

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People with Keys School Manila Emails can watch the video. I don't like this teacher, I CRI.

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