Black Friday Madness

Black Friday is the one day out of the year where almost every store has a major sale or give away after the Thanksgiving holiday. To most shoppers Black Friday is a day where they can save major bucks, but are those major bucks always worth it. People will often even camp out of a store just to make sure they get the deal they want. This year was unlike any other year with most major stores opening earlier Thursday night on Thanksgiving at 8 pm. Almost every year stores don’t open till early Friday morning so this year gave shoppers an extra day to get ahead on their shopping.

Violent incidents have been common on Black Friday’s sadly in the frenzy to get these bargains. People have been stabbed, ran over, beat up and even shot in the frenzy to get a good deal. “A shooting was also reported Thursday night in Las Vegas. Two assailants reportedly attempted to steal a TV from a man who had recently purchased it. After arguing, the man was shot in the leg before the attacker sped off in his car, leaving the TV behind, CBS News 8 reports,”(Huff Post 1).  Not only that there is often a lot of shoving or pushing for certain items. Wal-Mart was reported to have been one of the biggest mad houses with people running around the store to grab items and save a couple bucks.

  Even though there of course have been some instances of violence among the states out of the millions of people shopping on the holiday the numbers of instances of violence are down from last year which is a plus. My advice is if you aren’t an experienced shopper or want to experience any kind of shoving etc. I would wait another day to shop. The bargains aren’t always worth the hassle. The two articles I analyzed are below.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/29/black-friday-violence_n_4360899.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515024/Black-Friday-One-man-STABBED-row-parking-space-shoplifter-SHOT-police.html

The Future of Women Bishops in The Church of England

By this time next year if all goes well a woman can be a bishop in The Church of England. “The church’s General Synod passed a motion by 378-8, with 25 abstentions, that paves the way for the endorsement of women bishops. Bishops also approved a declaration that sets out guidance for parishes that reject female consecrations,” (Grundy 1). This has been a conflict in The Church of England for almost two decades on whether or not to allow women to be able to have a high power role in the church. The battle has been mainly fueled among traditionalist clergy who do not want to modernize the church. The traditionalist clergy want to keep The Church of England how it has been. Bishops such as Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby is one of the main supporters of women being allowed to take role as bishops in the church. Many bishops, political leaders, and the public believes the church needs to make itself more modern like the rest of the society. There has been so much change in the world and it is time some traditional rules held by the church should be changed also. The final draft of the declaration allowing women to be bishops should be ready by November 2014 for final approval. I analyzed two articles on this story one from The Huffington Post and the other from Religion News Service (RNS). Both articles were posted today and allow viewers to write commentary on the story. Also both articles include a picture of Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/women-bishops-for-church-of-england-_n_4311398.html?utm_hp_ref=women&ir=Women

Church of England paves the way for women bishops

Russia’s proposed anti-gay “propaganda” law

Currently in Russia the government has proposed the anti-gay “propaganda” law that discriminates against the gay community.

Oleg Klyuenkov is one of the main LGBT activists from the northern Russian. “Kluyenkov argues the anti-gay “propaganda” law, which the Russian government says is aimed at protecting young people, “actually forbids people to talk in public about the problem of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” (Dougherty 1).

LGBT people want to have equal rights and this anti-gay “propaganda” law prevents them from being able to express themselves and be equal among everyone. The government in Russia under rule of President Vladimir Putin has not made any serious legal decisions on the law though yet. They have not done this because they know if in a court on the level of the international law they will not win. Still Russia’s President Vladimir has signed the law which bans things such as the adoption of Russian children by foreign same-sex partners. This has made the LGBT community furious.

 I analyzed two articles from CNN News and from Pink News. Pink News is Europe’s Largest Gay News Service.  The CNN news article focuses on the law and what is going on in the government with the proposed anti-gay “propaganda” law while the Pink News article focuses on the new website being launched called Out4Russia.”Out4Russia was launched to lobby world leaders to take action against Russia’s anti-gay laws,” (McCormick 1). This website is so important for the campaign because it allows LGBT people all around the world to stand up for their rights.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/politics/russia-antigay-activists/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/30/out4russia-launched-to-lobby-world-leaders-to-take-action-against-russian-anti-gay-laws/

 

 

Economic Growth at risk with Climate Change

I analyzed two articles one from CNN and the other from Standart News. Our world’s economic growth is at a possible risk with the climate change.  “Nearly a third of the world’s economic output will come from countries facing “high” to “extreme” risks from the impacts of climate change within 12 years, according to a new report,”(Hume 1).

The GDP of sixty seven of these commercially important countries facing high and extreme risks are in the trillions. Those sixty-seven countries make up almost a third of the global economy. “The index’s findings bore particularly bad news for Bangladesh, which topped both lists, with its capital, Dhaka, ranked the most vulnerable city due to its exposure to threats such as flooding, storm surge, cyclones and landslides, its susceptible population and weak institutional capacity to address the problem,”(Hume 2).

Other cities that were in the index of high risk due to being a center of high economic growth are located in Asia. There is evidence of global warming and many countries especially these high risk ones have chose to ignore. Many countries are making so much money they do not care of the risks they are taking which in the long run is not ok.

These climate changes not only affect the business ,but the people who will be affected by the climate change. The Human race strive to keep the economy growing and to make larger profits have taken a toll on our world. Economically this temperature change is going to have a huge effect.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/world/climate-change-vulnerability-index/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.standartnews.com/english/read/climate_change_threatens_world_economy-1200.html

Gold Grows on Trees?

The two articles I am analyzing are from BBC News and e! Science News. Scientists made a breaking discovery in the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia that a native tree called the Eucalyptus has traces of gold in the leaves. This is happening because the tree is getting gold particles in their root system from the ground that then distributes the gold to the leaves. The Eucalyptus tree can take gold from deposits that are buried deep in the ground. This discovery has been remarkable to scientists because with the Eucalyptus tree being able to reach deposits of gold many meters down they wonder how far down it could reach. Researchers have started new experiments reaching harder to reach areas beneath the ground.For the trees to produce enough gold for a ring though you would have to have over a gold deposit five hundred trees. If it works this could provide a new method to find metals that are in spots that are hard to reach which would be extremely beneficial to not only the environment but to the people working to dig up metals. Explorations could spend less money exploring for gold, the damage to the environment would be small, and it also could lead to finding other minerals in addition to gold. The trees produce small amounts of gold ,but the discovery even though little is still amazing. Both articles use the same picture of a leaf with gold traces in it from the Eucalyptus tree ,but the BBC news article has the picture bigger.

Facebook Changes Privacy Restrictions

 

Society today has been completely changed throughout the world by technology. The increase of technology and new innovations have made huge social changes. Websites such as Facebook have become huge impacts on our society completely revolutionizing the way people communicate. Recently Facebook has decided to change their privacy restrictions for minors. Before users that were 13-17 were only allowed to share their post with friends ,but now they can share them publicly if they choose to. Even though there are concerns of cyber bullying especially with recents events of cyber bully cases Facebook feels teens are the biggest age group using social media and that they need to be able to voice their opinions without restrictions. I used both BBC and Fox news to find the articles. Both articles share a similar photo at top of the article of the Facebook logo.  In the Fox News article the author adds a quote by Hemu Nigam the former chief security officer for MySpace.com where he states that “the change is likely to open up a new source of revenues for advertisers”. So basically that this new change will generate new profit for Facebook. The BBC article does not mention that. Also at the end of each article in both stories it mentions that Facebook does not actually have a way to verify the age of their user. So this means that users can lie about their age when using Facebook because their is no real way to tell if they are lying or not.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/10/17/facebook-loosens-privacy-restrictions-for-minors-amid-cyber-bullying-concerns/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/24547130 

Syria Economic Risk Warning at the G-20 Summit

With the alleged chemical attacks in Syria against their own people it has had the world watching Syria and deciding whether or not to take military action. At the group of leading world economies called G-20 Summit the twenty members got together to meet and discuss about the conflict going on Syria. Obama at the meeting talks about taking action in the Syria conflict and is trying to get international support. In the article about Syria on Fox news focuses on more of China’s feelings towards the conflict in Syria. The article from Bloomberg gives a more detailed description about China agreeing with Europe that taking military action against Syria is a bad idea and list some examples why. If there is military intervention led by the United States with Syria’s civil war it could have major global economic risks for all the world powers. For example it could lead to the rise of oil prices which would then sink global growth. Also financial markets right now are stable and military intervention in Syria could cause volatility in the markets. Nations are finally starting to recover from recessions and do not want to have anything affect recovery and growth of their nation so thats why most are saying no to involvement in Syria.  The Bloomberg article has a video underneath the first two paragraphs of article that you can click on and will pull up in new browser. Its an interview with retired  US Army General Wesley Clark and he discusses the chemical attack in Syria and the armies possible response to the attack. The fox article contains no pictures or videos only text.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/05/china-warns-economic-risk-military-intervention-in-syria/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-05/china-joins-europe-in-syria-economic-risk-warning-at-g-20-summit.html

Katy Perry VS. Peta

 

Pop star Katy Perry once viewed by PETA as a saint now is on their bad side. PETA also known as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an animal rights organization. Katy Perry recently just came out with a new hit single called Roar, the music video for Roar uses a wide array of exotic animals such as monkeys and elephants. The use of exotic animals has made many people involved with the organization PETA extremely upset. PETA feels like the use of animals for entertainment like in Perry’s music video for Roar is cruel. The video is not just cruel ,but also causes the animals extreme discomfort being put in a new environment they are not aware of. Animals are not meant to be forced and trained for something that nature did not intend for them. I analyzed two articles about Katy Perry’s new video for Roar on The Inquisitr and the The Huffington Post. Both articles had Perry’s video for Roar included with the article. The Huffington Post put the video at the top of article while The Inquisitr put it at the bottom of the article. I think it being at the top of the article is better because it allows you to watch the video first and make your own opinion of the video then see what others have to say about it. Both websites use a photo of Katy Perry from the music video in the article. The Huffington Post mentions that her album will be hitting stores soon while The Inquisitr does not. The Inquisitr mentions how many views she has gotten on the video even though the negativity from PETA. I feel that both articles slam Perry in the beginning then promote her somewhat in the end. Below I attached the links for both of the articles.

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/951069/katy-perry-slammed-by-peta-over-roar-music-video/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/15/peta-katy-perry-roar-music-video-cruel-animals_n_3930160.html?ir=Entertainment

 

Nadal Defeats Kohlschreiber: US Open 2013

The two articles I am analyzing are from BBC and USA Today on Rafael Nadal going to the quarterfinals of the US Open. The US open currently is still going on in Queens, New York. Nadal is going to the quarterfinals of the US Open because he beat opponent Phillipp Kohlschreiber. Each article includes a picture of Nadal. The USA Today article includes a photograph of Nadal in action playing tennis while the BBC article shows a photograph of him looking victorious after the match. USA Today uses a photograph taken by a USA photographer while BBC uses an image from Getty Images. Getty images is a place to get high resolution royalty free photographs. Each article also mentions how Federer who has won the US Open five times was beaten and knocked out of the championship. The USA Today article allows you the option to comment on the article while the BBC article does not. Both news outlets offer you the option to share the article through Facebook, Twitter, and email. Attached are both of the articles I read on the match of Nadal and Phillipp Kohlschreiber.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2013/09/02/us-open-2013-rafael-nadal-philipp-kohlschreiber/2756613/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23938677

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