Project in Social Studies Ten current world events Submitted by : Thea Dacyl C. Madrilejo of 9-Courtesy Submitted to: Ms. Carolyn Anne Buen Current Event #1: The 2012 London Summer Olympics The Games of the XXX Olympiad or London 2012 started from July 27‚ 2012 to August 12‚ 2012‚ which took place in London‚ United Kingdom. More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees participated. The Games received much praise for their organization‚ with the volunteers
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Whether it is a gripping war recount‚ a heart-melting heroic act‚ or intense political issue‚ current events play a crucial role in a child’s education and one’s school career. Current matters aid children in developing critical thinking‚ problem solving‚ reading comprehension‚ oral expression‚ and vocabulary building abilities‚ encourage young minds to develop their own standpoints about the goings-on in the world around them‚ help them find an interest in the world that they live in‚ and make connections
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Current Event‚ Oct. 4‚ 2013. Unlikeliest Oregonians suddenly insured. By: Nick Budnick. The Oregonian. Pgs. A1 and A9. Changes in federal state laws bring health coverage to working poor and are already ailing. Bruce Lovan is a member of the working poor. He lives on food stamps. He’s also one of more than 200‚000 low income Oregonians who now qualify for the Oregon Health Plan. The state’s version of Medicaid is expanding under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ commonly
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Vulnerable Populations in Current Events • • What Discussing an event related to vulnerable populations. The Buddy System‚ by Maya Bell Published by MEDICINE‚ the Magazine of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of medicine‚ the article address the role of community health workers in overcome the barriers to effective care for underserved populations in Miami‚ specifically HIV/AIDS population in Miami‚ where this disease is the principal death cause for
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Bradley Edwards SOCI111 B007 Sum 11 Sociology and Crime Professor Lori Kelley Sociology and Crime Current Crime: In recent news titled‚ “Columbia Student to be Sentenced to 6 Months over Drug Ring”‚ the reporter John Eligon has unveiled the story of a Columbia University student. The news which has been published in the New York Times site reveals the case of Harrison David‚ who has been sentenced for selling cocaine in the university premises. This news is the example of the crime in the society
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Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy Shelle C. Mays February 29‚ 2012 Ebrahim Biparva - Instructor Strayer University Abstract In the late 1980s‚ the Cold War came to a dramatic end. The economies of nations in Europe and the Soviet Union were in trouble. People in East Germany‚ could see the prosperity and wealth of their West German neighbors. In Russia‚ there were long lines of people waiting to buy food. They had to have coupons from the government just to buy socks. Some historians believe
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Current Event - Global Warming 1 Current Event - Global Warming Efraín Vázquez Rodríguez Keiser University BSC1050 Dr. Danette Young April 15‚ 2012 Article: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html Current Event - Global Warming 2 Introduction Global warming is a problem caused by us‚ humans and is one of the main issues being discussed worldwide in all forums because the consequences could be catastrophic. We can define it as an increase of
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Racing to save the stray dogs of Sochi Summary: The current event‚ Racing to save the stray dogs of Sochi‚ takes place in Sochi‚ Russia. This event is about Sochi having a huge abundant of stray dogs‚ roaming the streets where the Winter Olympics took place. Sochi’s government decided to pay a pest removal company to come out and take care of the problem. What the company did was throw raw poisoned meat out for them to eat or they had shot them with a poison that suffocated them. This effort to
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Patrick Desloge Intro to Sociology Dr. Sheff Current Event Paper The way we see ourselves has changed dramatically over the years in this country. This is‚ in large part‚ because of our prolonged exposure to media in all its forms. We have held a continuous discussion on this very topic in my Communications & Rhetoric class for weeks now‚ and we still haven’t even scratched the surface. From a young age‚ we are shown exactly what “attractive” should look like‚ and while we are given examples for
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Current Event Madison Techmanski RES/351 July 23‚ 2014 Professor Laney The research paper I found to discuss was a study done on motivation in the work place in a hotel in Konya‚ Turkey. Since I am currently in the hotel industry I find it very interesting that these individuals were able to conduct a mathematical analysis of what drives employees to stay committed in the work place. The three factors they tested to see which had the highest effect on employees were intrinsic
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