BR 9/19/13 Do violent video games play a role in shootings?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/opinion/bushman-video-games/?hpt=hp_t2

I've seen expirements where people played violent video games and actually relieved stress, and were calmer
than they were before. If you have the maturity to play a game and know that it's a game, then they are fine.
People who do shootings have a variety of things that add up to it, if you put the ratio of video game players
to shooters, you'd see that most people who play games aren't violent.

BR 9/18/13 California school district hires firm to monitor students' social media

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/14/us/california-schools-monitor-social-media/index.html

1a. Watch possible suicides
b. See possible threats
c . See possible drug use.

2. I don't believe it's invading privacy, the posts are public.

3. I don't post anything on my social media sites that would be of concern, so It wouldn't bother me is the schools in Barbour County decided to watch my posts.

BR 9/17/13 Nina Davuluri's Miss America 2014 Win Prompts Twitter Backlash Against Indians, Muslims

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/nina-davuluri-miss-america-religion_n_3934428.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

1. These reactions show that instead of being a melting pot, its a pot of ignorance and predjudice.
2.This is in a way a slap in the face to all of the people in the civil rights movement. They fought for all people, not just african americans, and it just shows that we have a long way to evolve as a society.

BR 9/16/13

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/15/sixteenth-street-baptist-church-anniversary/2813165/

It's sad that racism brought people to bomb a church 50 years ago. The people who died were only a fraction of the victims of predjudice, and I'm sure they aren't the last. The article talks about how they died for nothing.

America's broken; Fix it.(essay)

You know what's wrong with America? The fact that in every social issue I see, no one can agree but everyone is wrong. People are arguing but no one is taking the time to sit everyone down and talk about a compromise, no one is trying to come up with a solution. America becomes divided in half, and a house can not stand with a split foundation. The United States need to be re-united.

 Take an issue such as marriage equality, I believe that America was founded on the beliefs that all my regardless or race, religion, or lifestyle, could come and live the life they chose. In that case, homosexual couples should be given the right to have a legal marriage, but maybe have a way to marry them without a priest or church. That way both sides can live the life they want, and we could try to live in harmony.

 Another issue would be the people complaining that video games are causing problems, they just seem to be attacking game companies when they themselves know nothing about the subject their ranting about. Playing a game does not make you violent, dwelling on negative thoughts makes you violent. The one thing I can't stand in the world is ignorance, and when people complain about problems when they don't know both sides, it aggravates me to no end. Someone needs to sit everyone down and explain how targeting video games will not stop violence. If anything, I've seen where playing games like that relieve stress because you can virtually cause violence, and it could relieve stress.

 I think that if American citizens would take the time to listen to each other regardless of different beliefs or race or religion, then we could come together as a nation and take our previous spot as the best nation in the world.

9/11 Activity

http://www.voanews.com/content/september-eleven-wtc-marriott-survivors-recalls-collapse/1747171.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/this_just_in/2002/09/an_unlikely_hero.html


http://www.hlntv.com/slideshow/2013/09/10/hero-dogs-911-september-11th-survivor

I didnt understand the other part of the assignment.

BR 9/13/13 Official says a car bomb has gone off near the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/12/car-bomb-afghanistan-consulate/2808089/
This attack's significance is that we are still having violence after the war is supposed to be over, and Americans in that country are not safe.

In my opinion, every war is a failure. With the taliban still attacking, however, the war we had in Afghanistan was a failure to prevent further violence.

9/12/13 BR Glitches blamed for big drop in jobless claims

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/12/jobless-claims-down/2803343/

1.According to this article, statistics for employment had been changed due to the computer system having a glitch. This could hurt job seekers by changing the information that they want to know about their jobs.

2.No, it means the economy is stil the same, the computer had just made it seem like it was getting better.

BR 9/11/13 U.S debates privacy/security

<sup>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/10/us-debates-security-vs-privacy-12-years-after-911/2796399/


There should be a definite line between security and invasion of privacy. If all this had started because of 9/11, then obviously it was Al Queda, not average American citizens, who would deserve to have their private lives looked into. Maybe if an IP adress was looking at websited about making large bombs there would be an excuse to look further, but to do things such as look at the facebook profiles of average people is ridiculous, and in my opinion violating our constitutional right to not be searched without a warrent. I'd like to know that my discussions with friends weren't being monitered just because somone overseas attacked the United States. To be honest, having the government look into my private life makes me feel less secure, because if for some reason we would need another revolution we would be hopeless. We are supposed to have privacy in our own nation.</sup>

BR 9/5/13 McDonald's tests $1 menu with higher price points

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/04/mcdonalds-dollar-menu-extra-value-menu/2763981/

The way I see it, you can't raise the prices of the "Dollar Menu" and still call it, the "Dollar Menu."
If you raise the prices, then it will no longer be a dollar, it will be a big fat lie.
McDonalds makes enough money every day to afford to pay workers enough to survive. Maybe if you balance making a profit with the wellbeing of your employees, the world would be a better place.

BR 9/4/13 Data measure value of a college degree

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/03/how-higher-education-pays/2755345/

According to this article, engineering, computer science, and buisiness majors have higher salaries than most other careers around other majors. I'd have like the article to maybe talk about the different types of engineering degrees, such as audio engineering. Since audio engineering is what I'm going to go to college for, the article only helped show that engineering is a good choice.

BR 9/3/13 Governments sought info on 38,000 Facebook users

9/3/13

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/08/27/facebook-governments-demanded-data-on-38k-users/2706071/
Facebook giving away our information is a complete invasion of our privacy, but in the terms and conditions it may state they are allowed too. I havent read them, but my facebook really just has the information that I love cats so the NSA arent getting much information from me. If we agree to it on the terms and conditions, then it technically is not against our 4th amendment rights.