SVHS HWC '12-'13

There have been vicious ethnic clashes in Kenya. This is due to the current election stirring old feuds. Many people on opposite sides live as neighbors. 

A very interesting interview with Andy Carvin, the NPR strategist who tweeted and re-tweeted stories about the Arab Spring.  He discusses issues of journalistic integrity, news in the age of social media, and shares a powerful story of an individual who used social media to create manuals for use by rebels in Libya.

In Rwanda many people are dying from thirst and cholera. A few years ago, American soldiers started to set up the first water filtration system in Goma. The filtration system will help to slow the growing numbers with cholera. 

Around 100 U.S troops have arrived in Niger. These troops are stationed in Niger to aid the French surveillance effort in subjugating Islamic militia. However, the Malian Islams have become exceedingly adept at avoiding espionage; they have succeeded in avoiding French warplanes by disappearing into Mali away from towns.

This article relates to our "cartographic aggression" discussion.  China is redrawing maps to include disputed territories within its boundaries.

Interesting news story that presents evidence for the advent of soup prior to the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 y.a.).  This artifact seems to suggest that humans had developed means of cooking much earlier than previously thought.

In this lecture at MIT, Thomas Friedman, author of "The World is Flat," describes the forces that have brought about our globalized society.

Frontline episode examining the impact of digital technology on our lives.

Bizzarre (& scary "commercial) from North Korea implying that a major US city will be victimized by a rocket attack.