Evan Schwartz September 19‚ 2012 Current Event #1 With the internet came a whole new type of economy. Sites popped up with whole new ways to make purchases. Almost anything from around the world can be purchased online. For a while‚ the most popular transactional methods were to buy direct from a store’s website‚ from a large retailer like Amazon‚ or from auctions created by other consumers on EBay. But a new method has arrived that is racking up millions of dollars of online transactions
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Rodney Colt Feimster GLST 200-001 Student ID:25709323 Current Event 2: 2.81m hungry in drought stricken Central America http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/31/281m_hungry_in_droughtstricken_Central_America/ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/09/01/2003598786 I found this article through World News‚ which is why I included two links. World News used this article from Taipei times. Overview: A drought has ravaged through South and Central America affecting the so-called “dry corridor
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Current Events September Summarize the Article Parkinson’s disease‚ a chronic disease with unknown causes‚ attacks brain cells‚ specifically the ones that control body movement. This causes shaking‚ stiff limbs‚ and poor coordination. Because of this‚ Professor Trond Riise and colleagues Anders Engeland and Kjetil Bjørnevik started the painstaking work of analyzing over 100 million prescriptions in Norway. Their research started in 2004 and continues to this day. In their study‚ the medicines that
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Current Events Assignment In the article it proclaims about how a plane with Russian tourists crashed in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt just few days ago. Russian tourists were coming back from visiting the wonders of Egypt‚ heading towards St. Petersburg‚ Russia. Most people of Egypt were shocked about this incident. Fortunately‚ the plane did not have any explosives‚ as this is a counterexample regarding ISIS claiming they caused it. Apparently‚ ISIS wants more attention around the globe to scare
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1984 Current Event: Privacy and Censorship 1) The main issue is that there is a new Facebook feature that allows others to share someone’s post. The creator of the post has “zero control over which posts friends promote” (Guynn). For a $7 fee‚ friends can “repost” statuses‚ leading to a lack of privacy; due to the fact that hundreds or maybe thousands of people you do not know are reading your post. 2) According to Facebook‚ “this feature respects the privacy of the original poster- i.e. it
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My current event is about how AIDS is the top cause for deaths in young women. In its first study of women’s health around the globe‚ the World Health Organization said that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in. Throughout the world‚ one in five deaths among women in this age group is linked to unsafe sex‚ according to the U.N. agency. The data were included in a report that attempts to highlight
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APWH CURRENT EVENT SUMMARIES 1. Extremism Rises Among Myanmar Buddhists : In the past year‚ Myanmar has faced an outbreak in hatred aimed towards the Muslim population within the country. Monks that are influential to the Buddhist-dominant country are inciting violence among all age groups within the state. A main leader in the campaign against Muslims‚ called 969‚ is an ex-prisoner of war‚ Ashin Wirathu‚ is causing ethnic and religious strife with his violence inciting sermons. Ashin‚ using
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Current Events in Business Laura Randolph RES/351 October 25‚ 2012 Ms. Ana Sias Research for business is important because it helps determine where and with whom a business competes. The business research process is helpful with how it develops the information used to find out how and what will be affective in allowing competiveness. In the restaurant industry‚ it is important to find a niche and know who your competitors are. Working in
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Current Events Women’s rights in Afghanistan is an issue that must be brought to international attention. It has been only six years since the Taliban regime was taken out of power in Kabul. Many positive changes have occurred since then for improving Women’s rights and participation within society. When the Taliban were in power‚ women were not allowed to work‚ go to school‚ receive medical care from male doctors‚ travel without male relatives‚ and they were regarded as non-citizens without rights
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Vinny Candelora Physics current event 3/3/13 This has never been done before at high energies and represents a significant breakthrough‚ Cline said‚ adding that it also may have implications for fusion as a new energy source. In free space‚ a plane-wave laser is unable to accelerate an electron‚ according to the Lawson-Woodward theorem‚ posited in 1979. However‚ Yu-kun Ho‚ a professor at China’s Fudan University in Shanghai‚ and his research group have proposed a concept of what physicists refer
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