Domino Theory

Domino Theory

Current Event

1. The incident involved an unknown bank worker and several Indian citizens.
2. A strong gust of wind blew a lot of money from the hands of a bank worker and flew into the street where several people stopped traffic by trying to get the money.
3. This incident occurred near the Burj Jassem in Kuwait City.
4. This "money rain" occurred on February 9, 2015.
5.The wind was strong that day and the amount of money that was "raining" down was estimated to be about 2.7mm AED ($750,000 USD).

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Eugenics Current Event

Who: The article is written by Matt Smith at CNN, and speaks about people who represent the New York Stem Cell Foundation and other organizations.
What: The article is talking about a new procedure for eugenics that involves a three parent baby. Genetic material from the mother and father would be grafted into a donated healthy embryo. This procedure would eliminate a lot of mitochondrial disease that develop in the embryo.
Where: The article doesn't mention a specific location but speaks of the United States in general. The article also mentions Britain.
When: The article was written on Feburary 27, 2014 and spoke of recent events.
Why: Matt Smith (CNN) wrote this article to show the readers the debates about the process of eugenics.

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Anti Gun Control

1. The article is written by Ken Mandel.
2. The article talks about states like Kansas and Mississippi passing laws that intend to essentially nullify the federal government's regulations over gun control. Laws such as Kansas citizens have the right to manufacture and sell firearms without any governmental supervision.
3. The article talks about law reforms in states like Kansas, Mississippi and the country's Heartland states.
4. The article was written on November 20, 2014 and talk about situations from April 2013 on.
5. The article explains to the readers how many states have loosened their gun control laws and how their court systems have upheld the new gun regulations.

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Pro Gun Control

1. The article is written by Susan Milligan and concerns situations about different people and guns.

2. The article talks about a boy in New Mexico who shot two classmates, a man in Florida who went to the movies and shot and killed someone, and a man in an Indianan grocery store who shot and killed someone.

3. The article speaks generally, but talks about situations in New Mexico, Florida, and Indiana.

4. The article was written on January 16, 2014 and states that the situations occurred recently.

5. The article was written to disprove the point that if we increase gun laws then only criminals would have guns and shows that criminals are not the only people to have guns and that increasing gun laws would in fact reduce deaths in America. 

Link to Article

Black History Month

1) Maya Angelou

2) The US Postal Service is going to honor Maya Angelou with a Forever Stamp for her advocacy work for equality in her lifetime. 

3) The location of the first-day-of-issuance is yet to be announced.

4) The date and time of the first-day-of-issuance is yet to be announced.

5) The USPS wants to honor Maya Angelou for all her accomplishments in her lifetime, including being an author, actress, poet, advocate, and more. She has influenced the nation greatly with her fight for equality.

Maya Angelou Article Link

Influential American in the 20th Century

Walt Disney

Who: Walter Elias Disney

What: Creator of the Disney Empire, which includes his early cartoons, animated shorts and films, a television channel with numerous shows, the several Disneyland Parks around the world, and more

Where: Most of his animation and cartoon works were done in Hollywood and the United States, the Parks are located in Anaheim, CA, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Toyko, Japan, Paris, France, Hongkong, China, and Shanghai, China. 

When: Born in December of 1901, married in July of 1925, released the first color cartoon in 1932, released the first full length animated film in December of 1937, first Disneyland Park opened in 1955, began television production in 1954, died in December of 1966.

Why: Walt Disney had a passion for art, nature, family, and animation.