... true, that could be done within 16 months of his taking office. Obama will also have to address the problem of terrorism. Historically, transitions in the American government, when the government is assumed to be at its weakest, have been prime striking moments for terrorists to launch attacks. Even ... that will allow security clearances to be "fast-tracked" for the incoming government. When Obama receives his first security briefings after being sworn in, the talk will be centered on terrorist threats and potential triggers, as well as how the FBI is working to halt future attacks and...

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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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Following a series of political assassinations of Afghanistan's political leaders, the United States' military officers have seen dramatic improvement in securing the country. Following the assassination of Osama bin Laden, President Obama announced the hasty drawdown of the extra "surge" troops he ordered to finish off the al-Qaeda regime. However, there have been several recent acts of violence that have some officials worried. Following the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's half-brother, a suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters, killing twelve policemen and a ch...

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... , a former New York City Sanitation Department police officer, and two other unidentified men. The majority of the men all worked at the Brooklyn station house sometime in the past. These eight men accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to drive a caravan of M-16 rifles and handguns, as well as stolen merchandise, across state lines. For these crimes, they face charges of conspiracy ... to transport and receive stolen property across state lines (Rashbaum). Ironically, the men's plot was uncovered after an FBI confidential informant received a traffic ticket and tried to have it erased ...

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J.K. Rowling, author and creator of the Harry Potter phenomenon, partnered with Sony to create Pottermore, an interactive website that will be available in October 2011. Despite the wide range of guesses from a massively multi-player online role-playing game to a treasure hunt to a sequel, the Pottermore website will allow Potter-crazed fans to journey through the story lines of the books, starting with ... "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," according to a statement from Rowling's media team (Clark). "It's the same story with a few crucial additions, the most important of which is you,"...

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... array of issues including both victim and offender information, including characteristics of these populations. The information provided in this database is extremely useful in that the quantifiable information can be used to assist policy-makers with decisions that effect both offenders and those in criminal justice fields. Without this information, many needed programs would not be initiated and ineffectual programs would ... data, painting only a small part of the profile of an offender, these statistics give mostly demographic information, as a guide, and cannot assist in profiling ...

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... such as possession and trafficking. Many people believed the law was racially discriminatory because crack users are typically poor and living in a black neighborhood. On June 30th, the commission decided to apply the lesser sentences to those who are already in prison (Serrano). Patti Saris, the head of the commission, said the Fair Sentencing Act is a result of Congress "recognizing the fundamental ... barring that Congress does not veto it, although that is highly unlikely. The average crack sentence will be reduced by about 37 months, which could save more than $200 million in the n...

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... exceptions, and people want you to be all or nothing" (McCaffrey). However, Cain changed his position during a recent interview with CNN, where he said the government should play no role in guiding a woman in what to do after rape or incest. His campaign then announced he was "100 percent pro-life," without noting any specific exceptions (McCaffrey). On CBS, Cain said he's "pro ... Sanger's own words, she didn't use the word genocide, but she did talk about preventing the increasing number of poor blacks in this country by preventing black babies from being born," Cain said. Planned Par...

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... constitutional (Levey). "We find that the minimum coverage provision is a valid exercise of legislative power by Congress under the Commerce Clause," the panel concluded after a 2-1 majority rejected the challenge by the conservative Thomas More Law Center (Levey). Judge Martin, who took the lead on the decision in Thomas More Law Center v. Obama said, "The minimum coverage provision regulates activity that is decidedly economic ... near, the 6th Circuit's opinion marks a small victory for Obama's bill as many officials declared that Congress does indeed have the authority to require Am...

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The ever-present isolationist strain in the Republican 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 ... that NATO's aggression is taking a completely different turn," said Musa Ibrahim, ch...

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... may not be as cut and dry as it first seemed. The housekeeper who Strauss-Kahn allegedly attacked in his Manhattan hotel suite in May has repeatedly lied, according to law enforcement officials. Forensic evidence concludes that a sexual encounter between ... undoubtedly occurred, but little else of what the accuser has said during the case is believable (Dwyer). The holes in the case include the housekeeper's asylum application and possible links to criminal activities, including drug dealing and money laundering. ... prosecutors met with Strauss-Kahn's lawyers to discuss whether to dismi...

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... 2009 when a group of disgruntled citizens from nine different cities banded together to protest President Obama's massive stimulus bill (Spillius). In such a short time, this group has become a powerful force to be reckoned with, playing a vital role in the primary elections and, ultimately, who controls Congress after the November 2nd midterm elections. Although this network of groups lacks a centralized structure, lacks ... with simply making the Republican Party more conservative. Others wish to completely reorder the political system, mostly by shrinking it drastically (Barstow). O...

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... 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 ... occurred after workers continually injected an agent to strip sulfur from oil after an oil...

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... Center revealed that black and Hispanic households were hit the hardest by the recession, causing the greatest disparity in wealth between the United States' largest minority groups and white households. In the four-year span between 2005 and 2009, the median wealth of Hispanic households fell by 66 percent, while black households' wealth declined by 53 percent. However, the wealth of white households only fell ... housing bubble for construction jobs," he said. "When construction jobs disappeared, they also were disproportionately hit" (Handley). Whites were not nearly as affected by t...

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... al-Hashid tribe whose forces oppose the government. The previous day security forces set fire to tents and tore through demonstrators' camps in Freedom Square in Taiz with bulldozers (Sudam). A government spokesman, Abdu Ganadi, said protestors' tents were burned by people attacked by the protestors, and that tents that were burned were all empty. The weekends' protests left 20 people dead and 200 wounded ... according to eyewitnesses. Those left standing refused to be deterred (Jamjoom). "Our revolution will not stop even if hundreds are killed every day," claimed Sameer Al-Samaee, a le...

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... deficit is scheduled for release on Wednesday. The new plan, constructed by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, is a revised draft of the plan proposed earlier this month, that also resulted in great controversy. Changes to the second draft include higher domestic cuts than the original version, as well as a decrease in the health care savings from overhauling the medical malpractice system. Unlike the ... revised version does not call for a cap on medical malpractice awards, but instead recommends a change in how awards are made (Andrew and Kuhnhenn). The proposals that did not change fro...

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... floor to the marketplace as swiftly as possible, which will help create quality jobs, and make our businesses more competitive," Obama said in the address, which was taped at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. During his visit, Obama was inspired by mini-robots that explored water and sewer pipes (Kuhnhnen). Pittsburgh is an important city for Obama's plan to build up the middle ... class in America (Murphy). The robots are the invention of RedZone Robotics, who is involved with developing advanced manufacturing techniques. "The folks at ... the world the way it always has," Obama...

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... the threats send "a chilling message to the international media and raises serious questions about Israel's commitment to freedom of the press" (Weiss). The flotilla participants are largely unaffected by the warning, however. In fact, instead of backing down, many are simulating encounters with the Israeli Navy instead (Chick). On the other hand, the Israeli forces have undergone several months of training to ... and attended to their consituents, rather than heading off for this ill-advised Mediterranean cruise," said Dublin Labour councilor Richard Humphreys. "This is not just my opi...

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... $800 billion over the next ten years (Bumiller). With no hard evidence as to what will come next, the Republican Party is anxiously awaiting Congress to approve the budget requested by Obama. In that budget, the Pentagon is supposed to receive $553 billion, but analysts are already projecting that number to be much lower. One Congressional committee member reduced the number already ... but by an undisclosed amount. The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington already predicted that number to be $37 billion less than the proposed number because of the debt ceiling bi...

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... enter or re-enter college, the numbers speak loudly and clearly as to the motivation of this population. In terms of re-entry to college to receive a Master's or higher, the numbers are telling. The number of graduate students older than 50 grew by 38 percent between 2001 and 2005, to about 173,000 from 125,000, according to the National Center ... on the overload that some professionals face when dealing with both work and a commute to a traditional college setting. A report compiled by Goldie Blumenstyk on behalf of The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights the dramatic shift of ac...

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Sherwood Anderson was very original in his style. He experimented with his writing much like a scientist with chemicals. When he found something he liked, he would often use it a great deal and worked his methods to their full potential. When it came to telling stories Anderson stayed simple. "The diction and syntax were consciously unliterary" (Benet pg 37) is a ... scorner of neatly plotted stories, [and] most at home in works controlled by the rhythms and voice of the teller of tales" (Benet pg 37). "Gee whizz, gosh amighty" (Anderson) is just a taste of the versatile diction Anderson used....

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Texas judge William Adams, who ironically presides over child abuse cases, caused uproar when daughter Hillary Adams uploaded a video on YouTube of him savagely beating her with a belt when she was sixteen years old. According to Hillary, the abuse was not a one-time thing. Her mother, Hallie Adams who has since divorced William, claimed that her ex-husband had bouts of violence caused by his "addiction," which they kept as a "family secret" for a long time. Because the statute of limitations has lapsed, William cannot be charged with child abuse, although it is yet to be seen whether his care...

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Common Sense The political pamphlet, Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine had a great influence over the fight for the independence of the American Colonies. The book gives numerous reasons for the colonists to declare their ... Paine presented many arguments and pieces of information that support his cause for American independence. Paine supported his assertion that government is an unavoidable evil by saying that society is formed out of our desires, whereas government is formed by our "wickedness". He also states that any sufferings of a citizen are equivalent to those that would be suf...

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... design a course. Each framework focuses on something different than the other; however, they all serve the same purpose and that is to assist in a course design that is suitable for the students. Bloom's and Anderson and Krathwohl's Framework In the United States, from the late 1950s into the early 1970s, there were attempts to dissect and classify the varied domains of human learning ... the situation, and synthesize (or create)a problem-solving strategy-for example, a legal approach or a medical diagnosis and treatment plan. (Nilson, 2010 p. 26) Pros and Cons There are many reasons wh...

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... of raising awareness and familiarizing the mass with the problems being faced by countryside families. Communication through art created an imagined community by invoking observer's feelings and instigating the imminent rise of a revolution. In this paper, I am going to analyze the Chinese revolutionary woodcuts using Benedict Anderson's theory of nationalism. I will accomplish this by looking at the main aims of the Chinese revolutionary woodcuts ... strata of society thus became the main subjects and viewers of this art form, making woodcut prints one of the most popular mediums in the ...

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