Name: Remy

Posting #2

Period D

Topic: Leaders

Title: Bush visits Facebook for live chat with all his "friends"

Writer: Patrick May

Publication Name: Post and Courier

Publication date: 11/30/10

Length: 804

URL: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/nov/30/bush-visits-facebook-live-chat-all-his-friends/

President Bush visited Facebook's headquarters today to host a Facebook Live event. He is on a tour promoting his book/memoir "Decision Points". For the users of Facebook Live, they will be able to ask Bush questions. It is unclear who will be moderating the questions being asked by the users. This is the first president to be featured on Facebook Live. The former president has been using the site since June 2010, by his Facebook page. A former Bush white house now a facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot asked a question at his CEO Mark Zuckerberg. While the president was largely unpopular in the liberal bay area, there was evidence of a small group of protesters outside the headquarters. Although Bush's reception inside was was warm and enthusiastic. One facebook employee Matt Wolocyzn found him "effortlessly charming".

Obama signs $42 billion bill

Name: Timothy
Posting: #1
Topic: Leaders
Title: Obama Signs $42 Billion Bill Aimed to Help Small Businesses
Writer: Tom Cohen
Publication Name: CNN
Publication Date: 9/27/10
Length: 503

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/27/obama.small.business.bill/index.html?npt=NP1

On Monday Sept. 27, Obama signed a $42 billion bill in an effort to help small businesses. Obama's reasoning behind this was that it would create more jobs through providing tax credits and allow for banks to have more opportunities to loan to businesses. Both parties supported the basic ideas of the bill, yet it still took several months to get the bill worked out, mostly due to a few Republican senators opposing the bill. The reasoning of the few Republicans opposing the bill was that it did nothing to help job creation, instead simply hurting taxpayers with more bailouts. Obama was also supported by the Financial Services Roundtable, which was a group of the nation's largest financial institutions. The group's president, Steve Bartlett, stated that small businesses were key in the recovery and growth of the nation's economy.

The main goal of this bill is to encourage small businesses to purchase new equipment, have capital firms invest in the small businesses, and to motivate more people to start their own businesses. The bill's provisions had backing from both Democrats most members of the House. Many believe that this bill would actually be of a lot of help for job creation.

Officials Declare BP Oil Well Dead

Maggie
Post 1
Technology/Science
Officials declare BP well dead, Harry R Webber
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/19/gulf-oil-spill-well-plugged_n_730696.html
288 words
Retired admiral Thad Allen declared the BP oil well dead on September 19, 2010, bringing to an end one of the most devastating disasters of our time. The pipe blew up on April 20th 2010, and oil gushed out freely until a temporary cap was placed on the pipe in mid July. The mud and cement held it closed but it couldn’t be declared dead until a relief well was drilled so the ruptured one could be closed from the bottom. This ensures the cap will hold and cannot come loose. Although the well is now declared dead, residents know the suffering in the area will continue. Two of the main sources of income for the area are tourism and fishing, and these are two of the industries most affected by the disaster. Tourism in the gulf coast is down, people nationwide are afraid to eat the fish from the area (which is silly – the fish is fine). BP has already given $9.5 billion for cleanup, promised $20 billion for people affected, but BP is slowly recovering financially after taking a huge fall after the disaster occurred. Sales are still down even months later in reaction to this horrific event, and are predicted to stay low for a while.

In the end, recovery will be slow in the gulf coast. Although BP has fixed the leak after almost 6 months, their financial recovery is slow and they have to spend much of their money on cleaning up their mess. There is still oil washing up on the coasts and everywhere in the water, and scientists are investigating the magnitude of the devastation.

Can America Regain 'Momentum' in Fight Against AIDS?

Name: Amy

Posting: #1

Topic: Health

Title: Can America Regain 'Momentum' in Fight Against AIDS?

Writer: Phil Gast

Publication Name: CNN

Date of Publication: 09/25/10

Length: 707 words

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/25/hiv.studies.awareness/index.html

The awareness of HIV/AIDS concerns have prodigiously decreased within the past couple years and recent studies show that 1 in 5 gay men have HIV; of the 1 in 5 men, most of them do not even know that they are diagnosed with the disease. Federal officials seek to re-enforce the concern for AIDS and regain "momentum" in the fight against it. The secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, shared at the U.S. Conference on AIDS that she sees a potential rise in the momentum if government and medical professionals work better together. "[America] will regain the momentum we have lost," Sebelius said. The reason why those who are aware want to spread the caution is due to the fact that the diagnosis of AIDS has tremendously increased within 30 years. The director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Kevin Fenton shares his thoughts on the epidemic. "Although it has been nearly 30 years since the first reported cases of HIV among gay and bisexual men, HIV remains a crisis that is far from over in this community," Fenton said. The percentage of those who have heard of the awareness has dropped from a 70 percent in 2004 to 45 percent in 2009 in the United States.

Overall, many organizations and public authorities are seeking to raise the awareness of the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS. The decrease in awareness shows in the statistics of surveys that have been going around in the past couple years. For the most part, gay men have proven to be those diagnosed more often, thus raising the awareness to spread the news of the epidemic.

Judge Orders Lesbian Air Force Nurse Reinstated

Name: Hannah

Period: D

Topic: Civil Rights

Current Event Posting #1

Title: Judge Orders Lesbian Air Force Nurse Reinstated

Writer: Bill Mears

Publication Name: CNN

Date of Publication: 9/25/2010

Length: 786 words

link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/24/military.gay.reinstatement/index.html?npt=NP1

Major Margaret Witt had served in the Air Force for more than 20 years when she was discharged under the governments "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The militaries "don't ask, don't tell" policy is a policy that does not allow gay women and men from serving in the military. She was discharged because she was openly lesbian. Witt was discharged over four years ago, and has just now been reinstated. This judging that the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was unconstitutional, has led congress to stop their legislative duties this week in an effort to repeal the law. This controversial law has led to the dismissal of over 12,500 gays and lesbians in the military. President Obama is working to repeal the law, but the military argues that they are in the best position to evaluate whether the law should be repealed or not. In conclusion, Margaret Witt's case has brought about awareness to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Congress is now taking action, and so is President Obama. Other judges have also ruled this policy unconstitutional, so Margaret Witt was not the first to fight back for her civil rights.

Raymond LIou: Beck says he wanted to reclaim civil rights 'from politics'

website: www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/29/glenn.beck.rally/index.html

Glen Beck a conservative had a rally this weekend at the Lincoln memorial to try to bring the civil movement from politics. He said that Obama has lied to the U.S people . However
the controversy is that it was the same day that Martin Luther King had his speechGlen said,
" if its not the essence then weve been sold a pack of lies. The essence is that everyone deserved a shot--the content of character not the color of skin, " he told " Fox News Sunday."
Glen Beck eventually apologized about insulting the president but then broke the apology by saying the First African Americans were shaped by Marxism which was disguised as a religion
From this it shows that. Up to 100,000 was said to have attended the rally.
Even Rev. Al Sharpton fired at Glen Beck saying his rally was not civil rights saying it was a "motivational speech" and wasnt the same as the course that Luther King took in his speech at that exact same location.


Glen Beck is kind of going over the top on the subject of the President Obama and is trying too hard to bring the president down. I think he is being racist too and should try to be less agressive on his ways. Glen doesnt seem to be person to apologize and thinks theres nothing wrong with him

Raymond Liou Current Event: Can a bigger booze tax reduce disease, crime?

website: www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/24/health.booze.tax/index.html

Alcohol has been the third leading cause of death for many years. For example the six pack of
beer, bottle of wine has increased by 50 cents from tax. It is said that addicts will quit. There has been evidence that increasing tax on alcohol has been able to stop dangerous behavior, and
helped people quit their addictions and possible save their lives. The American Journal of Public health for example has focused on Alaska one with tax increases during 1983 and 2002 finding out that death rates dramaticlly decreased. In Alaska the 2 cent tax increase per bottle of beer has caused twenty three less deaths, a drastic twenty nine percent drop. Alchohol has been the reason of many diseases like liver, heart cancers, and many behaviours like depression. markowitz who is associate professor of economics at Emory University said,"The proportion of crimes and suicides smaller that are alcohol related would be far smaller then diseases such as liver- cirrhosis." This increase of tax can also help revenue of the economy.



This shows that increasing taxing of alcohol and drugs should happen for more states. It doesnt just benefit the person but it also benifits the rest of the world that matters. I think that more states should increase taxes because it really is for the best of the addicts. It will stop the violence and make the lives of the addicts more enjoyable.