Heavily armed gunmen have attacked the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. This event is an ongoing one, and at this time there is no report of who is responsible for the attack. The violence is a clear escalation of the ongoing unrest in Pakistan, and the attack on the airport is a manifestation of the strength of the rebel movements in the country.
Photographic images often tell a great story. The photo below is from the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. Russian President Putin has been shunned by Western leaders since the turmoil in Ukraine, and the photo conveys his isolation well. Unfortunately, the success of the event, D-Day, owed a great deal to the Soviet pushback of German forces from Russian territory to the German border.
One of the issues we always face in the classroom is the question of whether to allow students to use their laptops during class. Most students take notes on the computer, but some believe that they can “multi-task” and look at something else while keeping full attention on the lecture. The myth of mluti-tasking is incredibly insidious and completely false.
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