Current Event Summary- 2012 US Presidential Elections Whether it is about taxes‚ spending‚ the bailouts‚ the debt ceiling or entitlements‚ a fundamental source of disagreement between Republicans and Democrats is whether the federal government should be a support system for the country or play an extremely limited role in business‚ social and day-to-day life. The tea party wing of the Republican party has used reducing the size of government as a rallying cry while progressive Democrats
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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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Current Events Directions: Use the internet to find an article discussing the recent embargo President Obama lifted with Cuba. After reading the story complete the form below. Save and turn in. Article Review Form Name _ Isis Wilson ____ date_ 1/16/2015 _ class period _ 2nd _ Title of the article: ____Us loosens embargo on Cuba‚ making trade and travel easier________________ Author ____Bradley Klapper and Michael Weissenstein_______ Date _Jan
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Dan Keegan Current Event 4-29-05 Lately‚ there has been a surge of bills throughout the nation regarding homosexual rights. In Texas and Alabama‚ either the House or the Senate decided to "narrow their rights." On the same day‚ Connecticut became the first state to approve "marriage-like civil unions" without a court order. Vermont and Washington State remain relatively torn‚ but the pending bill in Washington regarding equality for gays in housing‚ insurance‚ and employment was rejected
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Graham Mattison The Bible and Current Events Position Paper on Biblical Topic Dr. Kathleen Corley 11/15/2007 It isn’t the end of the world…yet. Many people believe that we are currently in the end times prophesized in the Bible. Although it would be fairly simple to attach biblical significance to events occurring in our current times‚ it is important to note‚ a great multitude of people‚ throughout the centuries‚ have searched within their own times for signs of the coming apocalypse
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or was taken‚ and listening to the parents sympathy. Thousands of children go missing each year‚ yet we do not hear about all of those children‚ the media hit everyone’s soft spot with this story. They made listeners and readers rethink again about how their problems were not as bad as the parents of the missing girl‚ and the girl herself. The news made Abagail and her family sound relatable and any normal teenager who plays sports and is supposed to return safely home from school. The media knows
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trend of user growth but a flat line in ad business. I found the content in the article very interesting. I am a frequent user of Facebook both on the computer as well as on my iPhone app. I did not realize until reading the article the difference in regards to ads. After reading the article‚ I have realized how many ads are spread throughout when viewing Facebook on the computer; however there are none when using the Facebook mobile app. I can see how this would negatively affect Facebook financially
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interest‚ & reflection of the events in the article * Student needs to elaborate on his/her thoughts using more detail * Shows some understanding & reflection of the events‚ but needs more explanation of thoughts/views/ opinions There is minimal information that demonstrates reflection or interest in the article. Reflection (Concepts & Communication) *Demonstrates deep reflection of the events in the article *Shows advanced understanding of the events/topic by using higher level thinking skills
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thought this article was very hard to read and understand. I didn’t know a lot about what it was talking about‚ but I learned about meta- analysis and how it is used to contrast results from different studies to try to find patterns among study results. Also I learned about observational studies which are drawn inferences about the possible effect of a treatment on subjects. I found that a significant longer survival rate is in patients treated with hepatic resection than embolisation HR 0.34 or
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iron ore and slackened their rate of import of Indian goods‚ causing a problem in their balance of trade. The article was easy to follow and understand due to the lesson that we just completed on trade barriers. The article also shows how government as well as business has a role in promoting trade and controlling the amount of trade that occurs between specific countries. I feel that China is being unfair to India by not granting them the information that they request. Refusing to trade with a country
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