http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
Beginning in July, there have been extreme floods in Thailand and the North of Bangkok. The damage is extreme, and may cost them over 6 million dollars. The water has been steadily heading south and will soon reach the capital, where people are now evacuating. Due to the floods, about a quarter of the rice crop has been ruined, which is the country’s main way of earning money. Over 400 people have died due to the flood.
2.)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45339946/ns/news/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
Police recently began breaking up the “Occupy Wall street” camps. They ruled that while people had the right to protest, they could no longer have tents or sleeping bags there. As shown in the picture, some officers were forced to treat protestors a bit cruelly to get them to leave the spots. Protestors also fought with workers, who tried to push their way through the crowds to get to their job area.
3.)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45339946/ns/news/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
This is a picture of a group of United States Marines carrying a wounded soldier off of the field. He, and another Marine, were hit by an IED and received various critical wounds, mostly on their legs. This occurred on November 10th in Afghanistan.
4.) In Egypt, crowds urge end to military rule
Leila Fadel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-egypt-crowds-urge-end-to-military-rule/2011/11/18/gIQAZ8tYYN_story.html
This article was about the demonstration held in Cairo to try and push the military rulers out of Egypt. The protest, while mainly attended by Islamic people, was one of the largest ever. This is because the people want a presidential election held as soon as possible, April 2012, instead of 2013, as to get the military rule gone as soon as possible. Political cartoons and pictures of an infamous blogger who was imprisoned were handed out and passed around at the protest. These people don’t want any sort of ruling over them anymore. They want a democracy.
5.) Battles Begin Early for Female Recruits in Afghan Army
AISHA CHOWDHRY
This article was about the challenges Afghan women face when attempting to join the army. Many of them receive grief from their families, with one woman’s fiancée even threatening to kill her. There is a very low amount of female recruits in the Afghan army, which officials are trying to change. The jobs for women in the army pay well, and they “won’t be going on missions.” Instead, the women will be given office type jobs that deal with matters of the army. The women are taught in classrooms that contain computers, projectors, and well-educated instructors. They are taught a variety of subjects, from English to computer sciences. A lot of women want to join so they can work hard for their country, too. I chose this as my focus article, and it shows Human Geography because it shows how another country across the world can be having some of the same difficulties as we are, such as prejudice against female soldiers.
&&&& Learning Reflection &&&&
This week was an okay week with class. The first few days we worked on our research project, which went okay, except a lot of people just sat around on their computers. Then on Friday, we did the mini group project on Genocide, which was pretty cool, especially since I liked the new program we used a lot better than google docs. We went over another program too, one that you could use to highlight directly on webpages, so that helped with our research. The week was definitely a bit boring, but it was okay.
