“Key Afghan Leader Rabbani Killed in Kabul Bombing” by Ernesto Londoao
A former Afghan leader was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul. Taliban leaders wanted to meet with him to talk about peace. Others were killed in the bombing, which occurred a week after an attack on the US Embassy in Kabul.
“NASA Satellite Expected to Hit Earth This Week” by Joel Achenbach
A satellite, of NASA, is expected to crash onto earth Friday. It is supposedly supposed to fall in inhabited land, between Newfoundland and South America. As an object plunges towards earth, it heats up quickly. NASA is planning on attaching a spacecraft to it so it will fall at a slower pace and not heat up dramatically.
“A Future for Drones: Automated Killing” by Peter Finn
The military has found a new, quick method for war. Instead of humans flying the planes, the planes would be controlled by armed drones. It is a faster method when activity occurs on the ground and the military needs to communicate with each other. Humans can control where to aim and fire, but they will be at a base instead of on the plane.
“U.S. Companies Playing by Chinese cyber-rules” by Ellen Nakashima
In China, American based tech firms have to follow China’s policies on technology. Companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo have had users in China who were in violation of the policies, putting the companies at fault. These companies later merged with Chinese tech firms. Even though these tech firms are American, they must follow China’s policies, taking away ‘freedom of expression online’.
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“Public Schools Face the Rising Costs of Serving Lunch” by Fernanda Santos
Although lunches in schools have become more healthy in the past few years, the prices are expected to start rising. It was suggested that prices be raise by ten cents, many schools have raised their prices by twenty-five cents. That’s an extra $1.25 per week. The prices have risen due to budget cuts in schools and the fact preparing the meals costs more than what the meals are being charged. Some parents aren’t willing or are not able to pay the new prices, for many are struggling with money. The federal government isn’t helping in paying, even though it was President Obama who passed the child nutrition bill.
I thought this article was the most interesting because it represented globalization and human-environment interaction. Human-environment interaction is how humans and the environment affect each other and was shown by schools choosing to serve nutritious foods. This means fruits, vegetables, and dairy products are being served, all of which are either grown and harvested or produced by animals. The food was distributed, representing globalization. Also representing globalization was the prices. The prices are economic globalization. The schools bought the food, which affects the farmers that grew it.
Reflection:
In Human Geography this week, we focused on the five themes of geography and the advocates, critics, and middle position on globalization. The five themes of geography are region, human-environment interaction, place, movement, and location. These describe how humans interact with their surroundings, where a destination is, latitude/longitude, etc. Advocates of globalization support globalization. Supporters of globalization believe that globalization expresses a free market, will boost the economies of poorer countries, and it will establish stable governments. Critics of globalization are against globalization. They believe globalization is forced onto some labor forces, countries will not gain power, and globalization supports bubble economies. The middle position of globalization are people who aren’t bias to advocates or critics. The middle position believes that globalization is unavoidable, can be managed, and the Internet influences anti-globalization.
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