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In this case mobility and globalization are working hand-in-hand to make Twitter's job harder. The ISIS, a terrorist group, has been posting inappropriate material on Twitter. Because Twitter is an international social site, ideas and news can spread like wild fire. This causes disturbing images, posted by the ISIS, to have a larger sphere of influence. Twitter's job is to stop and suspend accounts related to ISIS. This leads us to the question many have been asking; Is Twitter a tech company or a news service?

How will this new tropical storm, named Cristobal, affect the lifestyle of those living on the islands around the Caribbean?

This article gives a great example showing the differences between the US and Iraqi regions. Also, the IS shows the theme of mobility as it is trying to spread its influence to other areas.

In your article is says "About 80 of those local companies will be featured among the 200 exhibitors at the Mother Earth News Fair, a massive natural products trade show..." It's very exciting to see these small scale, local businesses thriving. In a country dominated by commercial manufacturing, it is good to see these true home grown enterprises succeeding.

It is very surprising to hear that in the very new future, one little program of 3-D printing made available to consumers could jump-start thousands of new businesses and has the ability to create close to a million new jobs. In what other ways will 3-D printing change manufacturing in the future?

This article is interesting. Bronte- you said this is a "popular fad" in America. Does this mean it will most likely die off just like other fads? After all, I don't feel like a vacation for wellness is very family-friendly.

I understand where Jake is coming from with his statement but isn't a vacation that gets you away from the stress of work and neighbours and everything healthy? Wouldn't that constitute a wellness vacation? Also for really busy parents a vacation with their children would be both family-friendly and healthy. Not to mention that the service sector, including the consumer sector, is continuing to grow and in the quote Bronte highlighted it said that wellness vacations make up 14% of all tourism revenues, so wouldn't that imply that this fad will continue to grow?

I find it very interesting that there are vacations that can help you with your wellness. I am curious about the different ways that they actually intend to do this. I agree with Olivia, with the idea that a vacation away from stress would be a wellness vacation in its own idea.

With the development and inclusion of technology such as this in industry, unemployment must rise...Robots could reach a level in which their work is superior to that of a human. I imagine robots would be reserved for high precision/high skill careers.

This is really interesting. I wonder if any of the women at least suspected that something was going on. The whole idea seems kind of ridiculous, but I don't really see why so many people were extremely offended by it!

Jes, your article was fascinating. It is baffling how far people will go to "fit in." You made a tremendous point about Dove's advertisement. TV commercials are sources of globalization since they connect different people from around the world.

Padraic, I found your article to be interesting. You made a great point that China's manufacturing jobs should be increasing due to outsourcing. I agree that it is odd that growth is easing in China.

I am surprised by this, but yet again, I am not. Today we are seeing commercials on TV about "buying American" or even on news channels like ABC; they are pushing the regrowth of U.S. industry by purchasing domestic products. So this has the possibility for being a turning point for America.

I do agree that it is weird that manufacturing jobs in China are slowly decreasing but also at the same time it makes sense. Outsourcing takes a long time and even though transportation by ship is the cheapest transportation, it is also one of the most inefficient. With advanced technology, developed countries will be able to find ways to produce their own goods quicker and cheaper, causing outsourcing to be pointless. Until countries like China find a more efficient way of producing and transporting than the developed countries today, I believe that the amount of outsourcing will slowly decline.

I'm surprised that retail services are more profitable than tech. services.

I would believe that the consumer sector would out do the tech sector simply for the fact that it is more traditional. People are more used to shopping and buying things in person, so tech services trying to let people buy things online face an uphill battle one getting people to switch over. Also everyone has to buy things at some point at a retail store, but not everyone will need help with their technology.

I believe that we would expect to see an increase in the profits of tech services because as more and more people grow familiar with these services, it is much more convenient and easier for them, like using online shopping rather than going out and spending the time and effort to shop in person. This can be shown by companies like Blockbusters and Borders who went out of business due to at home conveniences of the internet. However, some retail stores and services cannot, and most likely will not, go away because people need what they sell right away, such as grocery stores.

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It is very surprising that the most globally popular sport in the world (soccer) had a lack of medical support at a major FIFA match. However, it is good to see that the next World Cup in Brazil will have the medical bags. You never know when a player could be put into a life threatening situation. I also agree with Bronte, in that Johnson and Johnson will have a significant gain in product sales after advertising at such a prestige event like the World Cup.

It is interesting to know that FIFA has just now decided to construct a standardized medical bag for the 2014 world cup. I wonder what precautions were taken for injuries in the past.

This directly relates to how the tertiary sector is growing, because other sectors, like manufacturing is in, are declining.

This article describes how a health service company is taking advantage of Brazil's booming economy to consolidate business and give itself an edge. This group has an annual growth of about 50% and shows the booming medical services. 

Wewer I too was surprised that secondary sector jobs grew as much as they did. Like you stated, this sector should not be growing in a developed country like our own.

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