Bad news sells better than good news David Murray The good news about bad news is that there is not nearly as much of it as you might think. The bad news about good news is that good news doesn’t tend to sell. Dr. Bradley Wright explains this paradox in Upside: Surprising Good News about the State of our World The media sells negative worldviews. It’s not that reporters‚ writers‚ and editors are pessimistic people; rather‚ they have a strong incentive to tell us about the fearful‚ scary‚ and
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New Belgium Brewing Company is working to address several environmental issues‚ including the usage of non-renewable energy sources‚ the treatment of waste water‚ using and wasting less fresh water‚ and the recycling of as much of the firm’s waste as possible. NBB is the first brewery in the United States to be fully wind-powered‚ and they encourage their employees and the communities they serve to bike wherever they go‚ rather than drive. These efforts‚ along with the planning of opening a new
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NEW YEAR‚ NEW ME: IS IT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR ALREADY! As the new year approaches‚ almost all of us begin to be as reflective as possible by listing out things we’re going to do to make 2015 the best year ever. Regardless of the high hopes and best of our intentions‚ hardly any of us will make it through the first month. Well‚ that’s how it has been for past so many years‚ hasn’t it? Here is another fact: When some self help guru or endless text on the World Wide Web tells you that you can make or
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The New Madrid Fault Zone History The largest earthquake sequence the United States has ever experienced happened east of the Rocky Mountains starting out in Northeast Arkansas on December 16‚ 1811. On the Richter scale‚ it was ~7.7 and five hours later AK experienced an aftershock of a magnitude of ~7.0. A little over a month later on January 23‚ 1812 New Madrid‚ MO experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of ~7.5‚ and again on February 7‚ 1812 reaching a magnitude of ~7.7. By March 15
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southern beliefs about snake handling. Covington’s spiritual journey throughout Salvation on Sand Mountain was shocking. It makes one think that the phrase "everything happens for a reason" really is true. His first experience in a serpent-handling church was "exhilarating and unsettling" (11). Especially compared to Covington’s small Methodist church in Birmingham‚ Al. The snake-handling church on Sand Mountain seemed to bring a different point of view to Covington about his spiritual life. For
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live in New York city and me personally that means that they have several different opinions. Many people approve‚ accept and understand different practices and many do not. Which can cause them to be biased‚ selfish because they are not willing to accept other people who in their eye have abnormal behaviors. Being exposed to so many different cultures‚ traditions are such great gift in my opinion. Because instead of traveling and some people can’t afford that you can have it all in New York City
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Khmer New Year in Cambodia Khmer New Year‚ or ‘Bon Chol Chhnam Thmei’ in the Khmer language‚ is the greatest traditional festival and national holiday in Cambodia‚ and the celebration last for three days. Khmer New year starts on April the 13th‚ 14th or 15th depending on the ancient horoscope “Maha Sangkran”‚ 2012 it starts on the 13 of April. The majority of the Cambodians are still farmers and Khmer New Year marks the end of the harvest season when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor and
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FAIRNESS IN NEWS WRITING News is any information that is fresh‚ unpublished‚ unusual and generally interesting. As the word itself implies‚ news contains much that is new‚ informing people about something that has just happened (Randal‚ 2000: 23). Newspapers are supposed to be fair in news writing for its capacity can do great harm to the society if written recklessly. Most people believe everything in the newspapers‚ as a result newspapers exert a profound influence on the minds of the readers
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the various ways conquerors settled the New World‚ commenting on what worked‚ what did not work‚ and the consequences of those methods The Spanish official ‘s remark could mean that the primary reason for the conquest of a foreign territory is to look for lands in order to find new places to inhabit and develop . In other words ‚ the conqueror must expand a kingdom ‘s territory by finding new places wherein some of its citizens could transfer to these new regions and establish themselves by developing
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Preventing Lethal Violence in New Orleans‚ A Great American City‚ “These findings so far do not suggest a significant differentiation in the nature of homicide in New Orleans. However‚ this changes somewhat when one examines method. Nearly 90 percent of all homicides we reviewed were committed by firearms” (Voigt‚ Harper‚ and Thornton 133-140). Based on this dismal fact lead to the conclusion that something needs to be done about the gun violence in New Orleans. New Orleans have one of the highest
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