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Joanne Kim

Wisconsin governor beats recall: Republican Scott Walker retains office - latimes - 2 views

  • Public employee unions led an effort to oust him,
  • Walker fought back
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    This article also shows how Scott Walker had to go through recall election process and how he survived through it. It also talks about the petition that made the recall election happen.
Joanne Kim

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Survives Recall : It's All Politics : NPR - 2 views

  • first to successfully defeat such an attempt.
  • Walker raised $30.5 million, while Barrett raised only about $4 million.
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    This news article talks about how Walker became the first to survive the recall election and the process of it in details.
Joanne Kim

"2012 Wisconsin Recall" by Steven M. Biskupic - 2 views

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    This long essay talks about the 2012 wisconsin recall but the summary shows cleary the main unique point of the recall election. I think the information is very helpful.
Joanne Kim

For Republicans, a shift to national security ahead of 2016 | Reuters - 1 views

  • The shift reflects a changing political landscape as the U.S. economy has steadily added jobs while gruesome beheading videos by Islamic State and increasing conflict in countries such as Syria and Libya have revived Americans' concerns about security threats.
  • "Because of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy, our allies no longer trust us and our enemies no longer fear us,"
  • "Let's recognize that 2016 could be the first foreign policy national election since 1980. The world seems to become more dangerous by the day,"
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    This article shows how the national security policies can have an effect and the politics and even on the elections.
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    It also shows that a lot of people disagree with the national security policies and want a change.
Joanne Kim

Janine Davidson | Obama's Last National Security Strategy | Foreign Affairs - 2 views

  • The president’s second National Security Strategy articulates a belief in a peaceful, rules-based international order; it also reaffirms the fact that none of this can happen without the leadership of the United States. For scholars seeking to trace broader themes in the president’s foreign policy strategy, the document promises good historical value. But to expect it to provide definitive answers to every crisis that now simmers across the globe—that’s asking a bit much of any NSS.
Joanne Kim

Secretary of State John Kerry working on Iran nuke deal not likely to please Israel's N... - 2 views

  • Senior U.S. and Iranian officials kicked off the second day of the latest round of nuclear negotiations here on Tuesday as Israel's leader prepared to deliver a speech to Congress denouncing a potential deal as dangerous to the Jewish state and the world.
  • Iran would have to suspend its nuclear activities for at least a decade as part of any final agreement.
  • It is clear that Obama's stance is aimed at confronting propaganda by Zionist regime's prime minister and other extremist opponents of the negotiations,"
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    This article shows how the secretary of state is working with Israel and discussing how to deal with Iran and its nuclear activities.
Joanne Kim

NATO's goal is to take Russia down - English pravda.ru - 1 views

  • The issue at hand is the creeping cloud of war being brought against Russia by the typical neo-liberal mechanism of incrementalization via the agency of NATO.
  • NATO's "wet dream" is and always has been to "finish" World War II, by taking down Russia.
  • NATO was set up as both a vehicle for maintaining American hegemony in Europe and as a means of doing an end-run around the requirement of consensus in the UN Security Council, thereby defeating the purpose of the United Nations in eliminating wars of choice and aggression.
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  • NATO must be disbanded and its activities must cease and not be carried on through other channels. Encirclement of Russia must cease.
  • Then finally, with US Exceptionalism, NATO and nuclear arms out of the way, we can make progress towards world peace
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    This article shows an opinion about NATO as an agency that exists to prove the supremacy of the USA. It talks about NATO's goal that has been continued since WW2.
Joanne Kim

From broadcast to narrowcast - Direct Marketing News - 1 views

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  • In 2011, broadcasting will migrate to narrowcasting, enabling advertisers to reach desired audiences, and just them, when, where and how they choose. These narrowcast audiences will be multi-dimensionally defined across shopping, purchasing and attitudinal behaviors.
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      How the future will be in terms of media
  • Narrowcasting is the paradigm that enables marketers to leverage their customer insights to best reach their most desired audiences, getting their message in front of just those valuable prospects with greater certainty.
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      The biggest benefits of narrowcasting
  • It also means that marketers would be well served to shift up to a third of their marketing budget from broadcast marketing activities to a narrowcast approach. In this way, they can leverage the extensive consumer insights with responsible publishing partners in a privacy-assured manner. 
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      Another benefit of narrowcasting
Joanne Kim

braodcasting v narrowcasting - 0 views

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    This is a prezi that simply compares and contrasts broadcasting and narrowcasting. It shows the definition, pros and cons, and details of the two methods.
Joanne Kim

O'Neill project RMC 201 C1: Narrowcasting is making it's way up - 1 views

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      the advantages : target specific audience, send greater message impact, can change the message frequently
  • Disadvantages of narrowcasting
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      disadvantages of narrowcasting : high installation cost, high risks, so investing in narrowcasting is not popular
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    This article talks about advantages and disadvantages of narrowcasting and how it works together with the public
Joanne Kim

Blog: Facebook's Insidious Influence on Low-Information Voters - 3 views

  • word used to describe the delivery of news, sliced and diced, edited, and censored, to people based on individualized data about the issues that appeal to them. 
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      The definition of narrowcasting
  • But the role of Facebook itself in influencing America has been woefully underestimated.
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      Facebook has huge effect on the media, but ppl don't think so.
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    This blog article shows a form of narrowcasting, Facebook, and the huge effect of it in politics.
Joanne Kim

Miami travel company ordered to pay $200K in race discrimination suit - South Florida B... - 4 views

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    I think the decision made for the company to pay $200K was reasonable and was the right decision since the discrimination that can be seen here is very clear
Joanne Kim

Daimler employee files another racial complaint - 2 views

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  • The work environment favors Caucasians and Germans over a few ethnic minorities who are subjected to hostility, ridicule and insult from peers and can be traced to the pro-German culture of the company,
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      It is hard to believe that the pro-German culture from long long ago is still having an effect on the workplace and the workers
Joanne Kim

Former CNN Employee Alleges Race And Age Discrimination In Wrongful Termination Suit - 1 views

  • younger, less experienced, white employees were allegedly promoted to positions he sought.
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      I think this is clearly a employee discrimination since there is no other reason Wilson wouldn't have been able to get the job other than his race and age
Joanne Kim

Supreme Court To Hear Holt V Hobbs - Business Insider - 3 views

  • That case was brought by a Muslim inmate named Gregory Houston Holt who claims his prison violated his religious rights by refusing to let him grow a beard as his faith requires. 
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      Does prisoners still deserve religious rights?
  • Last term, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have religious rights when it found some employers didn't have to pay for insurance that covered birth control. This is a different twist on the topic of religious freedom.
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      Will the supreme court take the side of the religion when the case is about prisoners too?
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    I thought this court case is very interesting in that it deals with religious rights verses safety problems in prison.
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