... through psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical force if need be (Lengel). In 2009, two of the church's top members, Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David Miscavige, who ... after Hubbard's death and assumed chairmanship of the Religious Technology Center, the highest governing body is the Church of Scientology. "He is one of the most capab...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... differences that exist and approve the austerity measures that are currently preventing the country from receiving their next installment loans from the IMF and EU. Additionally, she lectured Greece's creditors, which consist mostly of French and German banks, on their ability to compromise (Rooney) "It must be done in a concerted, collective way," she said. "All the lenders must come to the bedside of Greece and Greece ... must itself take charge in a responsible manner" (Rooney). She is also a surprising successor because the IMF, which is made up of 187 member countries, traditionall...

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... online, and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, direct link to their candidates. News giant CNN and pop-culture portal YouTube collaborated on two debates between the candidates, so that potential votes could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. Never before has that been done. ... Because YouTube is such an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because the new arrangement allowed for the people's voices to be heard, more and more people ... go...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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... that many prisoners have minor children, who very rarely get to interact with their parents. It is reported in 2007 that there were roughly 1,706,600 minor children in the U. S. living without a parent due to the parent's prison stay. The statistics, also include (from surveys) information on the amount of time these children are in contact with their incarcerated parent, sources of financial contributions to ... the children's households, caregiver information for the children and more. This type of data can help in reducing risk of recidivism due to the desire of incarcerated parents ...

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... this month. In fact, Rebekah Brooks, The News of the World editor, provided Payne with the phone that was later hacked, under the guise that the phone could help her with her campaign for the law. Payne was later informed that her name appeared on Glen Mulcaire's list, the private investigator hired by The News of the World. The list contained about 4,000 people rumored to ... be targets of the tabloid's phone scandal (Somaiya). "The last edition of The News of the World made great play of the paper's relationship with the Payne family," said Tom Watson, ... a parliament member who inv...

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... for fines. These people need to understand such illegitimate deals could cost them their entire fortune." Xianding also commented, "The strictest punishment used to be seven-years in prison. Now it's ten" (China Digital Times). In a notice on Friday, the Supreme People's Court urged harsher penalties for both corrupt manufacturers and food inspectors. "Those food safety crimes leading to ... fatalities or any other serious aftermath should be sentenced to death in accordance with the law," the notice said (China Digital Times). "The overall food safety situation is stable and improving, ...

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... of being indecisive and timid, as well as trying to prevent "daring security operations" while Olmert held the position of prime minister. These accusations look particularly bad on Barak considering he is the man who will have to decide whether or not to order an attack on Iran's nuclear weapons (Kalman). Many people are concerned that Olmert will reveal Israel's participation in a ... and by that I don't mean countries in the Persian Gulf -- is cause for concern," said Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University...

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... industry be next on the government bailout list? Not likely. Despite the woes over the decline in the economy, travel is down only slightly compared to previous years. In fact, according to a study by an independent group representing travel agents, while 68 percent of Americans would describe the economic conditions as "terrible", only 22% of that 68% has actually cancelled a flight, or plans to reschedule at ... a cheaper time. While even the slightest downturn is ... fronts is grim or promises to be grim, it seems that the often beleaguered travel industry is set on surviving withou...

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... think this is huge," said Michael Mayo, a bank analyst with Credit Agricole in New York. "It's about time the industry resolves issues from the financial crisis and focuses more on righting their companies and improving the economy. This is the most significant step since the financial crisis that helps do that" (Schwartz). Although this deal would right a lot of wrong, it would come at ... is expected to take a $5 billion after-tax charge in the second quarter to cover the payout. As soon as the settlement is complete, Bank of America is going to redirect its efforts its redirecting inv...

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... it harder for you to compete - from the tax code to the regulatory system" (Dennis). In an attempt to reconcile the differences between his administration and the US Chamber of Commerce, Obama walked the block to the Chamber headquarters. Once there, he joked "I'm in the interest of being more neighborly. Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if I had brought over a fruitcake when I first moved in. ... But I'm going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber ... spent tens of millions of dollars fighting Obama's health-care bills, opposing key ...

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... bilingualism, as part of her hypotheses or suggestion for more, much needed study concentration is dependent on bilingualism as the most integral part of research. Language acquisition or production is the independent variable and is expected to be a part of study alone or independent of bilingualism, but in her opinion needed to further understanding of environmental bilingualism. This idea of environmental ... absent, as well. These include social interactions and other forms of communication not related to the teacher/learner dyad of a bilingual education. She goes on to propose sol...

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... (or nearly everything) you previously did with your old software. The fact that the code is available for everyone has another advantage - the bugs and security problems are fixed faster because there is a large community of programmers all over the world who work on these problems. Because of that these programs stay stable and secure for the end-users. And finally, if you have any problems you ... can ask for help from the community of users and developers of these programs ... and usually you should get help quickly. On the other side, not everything is great about ... ...

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... NATO came out in support of Georgia after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev refused to comply with a cease-fire order brokered for the two nations by France. The conflict is far from over, as debate over who started it in the first place continues. According to Georgian officials, Russia started it by mobilizing tens of thousands of troops near South Ossetia rebel ... strongholds, supposedly as part of a military exercise. Once the exercise was complete, the Russian forces stayed on. Russia says that Georgia started the conflict and officials ... there point to Georgia's unwillingness ...

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... ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend ... . In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what ... ...

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... ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend ... . In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what ... ...

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... years ago, in today's 24 hour global news cycle, Podunk nowhere finds itself squarely positioned in the center of the "places that are important map." The valid arguments on both sides of the debate are irrelevant in the midst of screaming matches where paid professionals are inciting crowds to agree on irrelevant jargon such as "We don't want our country to turn into Nazi Germany." Shouted by ... some sort of healthcare package will be passed by Congress in the upcoming months. The scaremongering on the part of those paid to sway the town hall debates will impact the quality of that he...

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... released news of a similar environmental tragedy on July 16th after a pipeline owned by China National Petroleum Corporation exploded in the Yellow Sea, immediately sparking a 15-hour fire consisting of 100-foot flames (Uncoverage). China's crisis is one of a lesser degree than the crisis in the Gulf, according to the Associated Press, who reported that the spill had only spread over 165 square miles, just a small area ... compared to the 2,700 square miles covered by BP's oil spill (Adams). MSNBC.com further reported that China's spill ... in this area after working on the Exxon Valde...

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... televisions, nor the converter boxes that make reception possible, the fact is, crass or otherwise, that those people will not have enough voice to raise a stink. Their sets will merely become trash. One overall affect, then of the decision to do away with analog television for the United States is that landfills will pick up about 6 million energy hogging televisions and over the course of ... a few years, electronic sellers will benefit from a boom in the sales of converter boxes and new televisions. Television is a privilege, ... not a right. Change is coming, and as the car replaced...

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... have problems with that," said David Carney, the top strategist in Perry's campaign. "The scrutiny that will come on his ideological and fiscal policies and social policies will be magnified greatly because of the short time period" (Hunt). Currently, Christie faces obstacles other than his political viewpoints. One of his major problems stems from the fact that he's overweight, and voters are ... typically drawn to more aesthetically pleasing, more fit candidates. Senator John McCain cautioned Christie against a hasty decision on CBS' "Face the Nation." "The swimming pool looks a lot ...

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... structure, it is hard to get a grasp on what the Tea Partiers are all about. Some would be content with simply making the Republican Party more conservative. Others wish to completely reorder the political system, mostly by shrinking it drastically (Barstow). One thing most of the Tea Partiers do have in common though is the fact that most had previously been uninvolved in ... government (Barstow). However, for the majority of the Tea Partiers, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have run government properly. They were outraged when Democrats passed a $1 trillion health care bill a...

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... parent with one child and $50,000 in income, $1200 for joint filers with two children and $60,000 in income, or the $2400 rebate amount mentioned above. In addition, after lobbying by groups supporting senior citizens, social security payments were added to the "eligible" income, so most seniors on fixed incomes who filed a tax return and did not owe tax over the amount of the rebate ... have or will receive a check from the federal government. The rebate checks are distributed to citizens in ... hopes that they will spend them on goods and services and keep the economy moving. With mi...

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... Party grew even more apparent in the face of the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's policy towards Libya. One side of the Republican Party, led by House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other congressional leaders, argue that the U.S. involvement in NATO's bombing campaign now violates the War Powers Act after hitting the 90-day mark on June 19th. In order to force President Obama to revoke any U.S. aid ... , the Republicans suggest cutting off money for the war when the House reviews the annual Pentagon spending ... ...

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... a single year (2006-2007). The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) came nowhere near that figure when predicting the worst-case scenario last year in a global warming report in which they estimated a possible 6.4% increase of greenhouse gasses by 2099. One problem lies in the developing countries that make up just over half of the world's carbon emissions. According to the report, China is the leader in greenhouse gas production ... , having added 2 billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere in "07. India's emissions are also on the rise, and they are poised to overtake Russia...

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