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    files; financial and medical records; and virtually everywhere a person has been. On Tuesday‚ the Supreme Court will consider whether law enforcement officers during an arrest may search the contents of a person’s mobile phone without a warrant. The court should recognize that new technologies do not alter basic Fourth Amendment principles‚ and should require a judicial warrant in such circumstances. The court is considering the issue in two separate cases. In one‚ Boston police officers arrested a man

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    1983‚ the Internet has continued to grow in popularity and use as a commercial and private communications medium. Millions of people throughout the world use the Internet in a variety of ways‚ ranging from personal conversations to on-line shopping. According to a survey compiled by Nua Ltd in 1999‚ the number of Internet users rose from 26 million in 1995 to 205 million in 1999‚ an increase of almost 700% (Nua Ltd)! With such an explosive increase‚ how then has the Internet affected us personally‚ and

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    Discuss some issue of personal‚ localnational‚ or international concern and its importance to you.     An issue can be of a personal‚ localnational or even international concern. What if the issue is of such gravity that it not only affects you as an individual person‚ a community‚ or even a nation but spells danger‚ havoc and chaos for mankind and humanity itself. Imagine what if the issue under discussion is an act of sabotage equally dangerous and destructive for countries like the United

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    Book 1 Assessment 1 Investigate an issue or event since 1995 that has affected tourism demand in a country or region that you have studied. Overview In this assignment I will be researching the significant impact the recession had on the travel and tourism industry between 2008 and the present day. I will be looking into how domestic‚ inbound and outbound tourism was affected. I will mainly focus on the impact the recession had on the UK‚ but will need to also discuss the contributing factors

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    Assessment 1‚ book 1‚ ‘Investigate an issue or event since 1995 that has affected tourism demand in a country or region you have studied’ For my 1st assessment I am going to be looking how the Tsunami on December 26th 2004 affected tourism in Thailand. I will recount the details of the tsunami‚ followed by personal opinion on how the scale of the disaster could have been avoided. I will then quote facts and evidence using newspaper/ hotel reports and then summarise my findings. The Indian Ocean

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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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    impact of Regional Political Parties in Indian Politics? Till 1967‚ in India there was a single party rule. Even in States also there was a domination of Congress party. But‚ the scenario changed after 1967. Other parties started coming to power in the states. There will be different party in the centre and in the states. Regional parties started entering Indian political system. From 1980’s we can see the coalition government in the centre. Congress last its domination and regional parties started

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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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    Medical Ethics (Current Event Summary #1) Parents oppose end of care for brain-dead son. This event was about Motl Brody of Brooklyn. He was pronounced dead after a half-year fight against a brain tumor‚ and the DR’s at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington say the seventh-grader’s brain has ceased functioning entirely. “ But for the past few days‚ a machine has continued to inflate and deflate his lungs. As of late Friday his heart was still beating with the help of a cocktail of

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    China luxury battles shifting tastes China’s luxury shoppers are shifting away from flashy labels toward more subtle designs‚ according to an HSBC report. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- At first blush‚ it looks like luxury has a China problem. After a blockbuster 2011‚ major upscale brands Burberry and Louis Vuitton recently shook up this rarefied world by reporting a slowdown in their China sales. But the China luxury story is murkier than it appears. That’s because sales remained strong at key fashion

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