Today's Bookmarks - 10/07/13

Raid Shows Limits of U.S. Military Strikes - NYT

Three Win Joint Nobel Prize in Medicine - NYT

Government Shutdown Reading

Read the following articles about the government shutdown. Be ready to explain the difference between a government shutdown and breaching the debt ceiling. You should also be ready to pick a side in this conflict.


The Government Shutdown Versus the Debt Ceiling - Matthew Yglesias at Slate

Government Shuts Down in Budget Impasse - NYT

After you read the first article and pick through the second article, post a comment explaining which side of the debate you are on. Be sure to use a Structured Response (or even 5 paragraph) format. 

Rikki Tikki Tavi

Today's Bookmarks

Presidents speech to the nation.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/09/10/us/politics/100000002435965/obama-addresses-the-nation-on-syria.html?emc=edit_tnt_20130910&tntemail0=y

9-11 Timeline by New York State Museum

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/wtc_timeline/zoomify.html

Erikson's Psych/Social Hierarchy

http://psychology.about.com/library/bl_psychosocial_summary.htm

An article on "Resilience".

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/bounce.aspx

Today's Bookmarks

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/world/middleeast/aim-of-a-us-attack-on-syria-sharpening-a-blurred-red-line.html?hp

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_slate_quiz/2013/08/the_slate_quiz_with_quizmaster_ken_jennings_play_the_news_quiz_for_the_week_4.html

Rudyard Kipling

The Biography Channel episode on Kipling is at - http://www.biography.com/people/rudyard-kipling-9365581