Current Events # 2 There are many events today that connect with world history events from way back. For example there is a huge controversy with the Navy Yard shooter that relates to the Bill of Rights. But‚ first what happened at the Washington Navy Yard? At 8:15 A.M.‚ 34 years old Aaron Alexis who was a computer technician for a private Navy contractor killed 12 people and wounded four others in the Sept. 16 rampage as he fired a sawedoff Remington 870 Express shotgun‚ into which he had etched several statements
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Ashley Raynor MGMT 4952 – Section 601 Current Event Paper Due Date: 9/21/14 I read an article on Wall Street Journal about the Justice Department investigating the police force in Ferguson‚ Missouri. They suspect possible misconduct or discrimination against the 18-year-old‚ Michael Brown‚ who was shot by one of Ferguson’s Police officer‚ Darren Wilson. There is still question to whether the officer is charged or not. Ferguson and surrounding areas will be analyzed on their police training
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Current Event Summary: Senate Democrats drop reforms from an aid package set for Ukraine on Tuesday. The funds would have increased the Ukraine loan package while ratifying changes that only the United States has opposed. President Obama proposed those changes to European allies whom have agreed‚ but won’t be providing as much money as he proposed to the cause. “The governance changes would raise the borrowing limit of countries like Ukraine at the multilateral lending institution‚ while giving
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Stephanie Sanchez POSC 201 2/28/13 Term Paper #1 Individual ’s rights and freedom is all based upon the United States Constitution‚ and has caused much of the debates in our country throughout time. With much of the debate on the proposal ’s of gun control in our nation‚ we have to keep inconsideration of the U.S. Constitutional rights we have as people. Should we enact the proposal ’s President Barack Obama stated on gun control‚ or keep the remaining right ’s of individuals based upon the
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References: Croft‚ John (February 3‚ 2015) Aviation Week & Space Technology Retrieved from: http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/us-carriers-face-shrinking-pool-pilots
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Gabrielle Di Bernardo 7th grade Science 17/1/2015 Harry Potter Reveals Secrets of the Brain People sometimes describe reading as watching a movie in your head. Scientists have long wondered what creates such vivid images‚ and/or experiences out of simply reading a string of letters. A recent study evaluated all levels of reading‚ from word length and order‚ to plot‚ character‚ and even emotion. Its results reveal some of the ways our brains turn these words into such images. Computer Scientists
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International Probe into Sri Lanka War Crimes The United Nations held a meeting about the war crimes in Sri Lanka. The war has been going on for quite some time. Since then‚ there has been little progress. The United States plans to propose a way to resolve the war crimes. This conflict will not affect in the future. This conflict does not affect my future either. The reason for this is that it is happening in another county‚ and it is also a civil situation within that country. I feel that
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Theme/Region Specific Evidence from the Article That summarizes KEY FACTS and supports my analysis of theme Analysis of why the event is important and the possible outcome Social Inequalities (Deals with the massive amount of the death penalty within China‚ and how it decreased in the former years.) East Asia China is known as the World’s Chief Executioner. Last year alone‚ 3‚000 people we executed in China‚ quadruple the amount of the world executions together. Xiao Yang‚ President of
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From Beatings to Tweets‚ Racism on the Rise in Greece The population of Greece is 11 million. Of this 11 million‚ 1 million are immigrants‚ many of which are illegal. There has been a recent uprising of violent attacks of racism due to the increasing number of immigrants in Greece. A party known as the “Golden Dawn” has been behind many of these attacks. They were also said to be behind a tweet prejudicially referring to the African immigrants of Greece. Forwarding this tweet‚ triple
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The Cold War and the United States Diplomacy Name: Institution: The Cold War and the United States Diplomacy The Cold War was the state of military and political tension between Western countries‚ especially the United States‚ its NATO allies‚ and the communist nations‚ particularly the Soviet Union and other satellite states. The war began after World War II had got to an end. The Cold War was named so since it did not feature any
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