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How far could a tweet go?

Ahmad Abouammo, a former Twitter and Amazon employee, had  a seemingly normal life.  A 41 year old husband and father of three lived a successful Seattle lifestyle.  He owned a multimillion dollar house driving to work everyday in luxurious cars.  Could a prosperous and loyal family man be trusted with managing Americans dissenting opinions on Twitter? Surprisingly, Abouammo and numerous of his coworkers were arrested by the  Federal Bureau of Investigation for acting as agents for the Suadi Arabian government.  Abouammo was being paid by Suadi official,  Al-Asaker, to hand over two twitter user’s private information who were anti-regime.  One of these users had over a million followers!  His two coworkers,  Ali Alzabarah and Ahmed Almutairi, were charged with similar offenses regarding the spread of private information of users to the Suadi government.   Does an event like this make you question your privacy online?  Do you think this will discourage Americans to share opposing be
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Typhoon Hagibis Unites Japan  Just as recent as Saturday night, Japan was devasted by the worst storm they’ve seen in decades.  The typhoon swept through eight prefectures killing at least 40 people.  Along with the extremely high death toll, 16 people are missing.   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50037907 . The people of Japan united with each other as one large community looking past their differences in order to save as many lives as possible.  Over 110,000 people took part in the search and rescue operations.  Civilian volunteers, police officers, firefighters, cost guards, and military forces combined in order to find missing people in floods and landslides. The typhoon also caused the cancellation of three World Cup rugby games in Japan.  Although these games were canceled, a pivotal game between Japan and Scotland continued.  Japan won 28 to 21 making the quarter finals for the first time. Could a horrific event such such as a natural disaster bring a community or e
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The Origin of My Name

My name, Henry James Witt, has quite an extensive yet interesting history behind it.  I was able to conduct an interview with my father, Henry Matthew Witt IV, to gain a greater understanding of my past.  The origin of my first and last name comes from central Germany.  The first of my name, Henry Matthew Witt I, lived in a small town outside of Frankfort called Hessen as a carpenter.  I even have a few extended relatives living in this same town today who I talk to often.  In 1893, H.M.W. I decided to immigrate to the Untied States.  He was instantly attracted to the flourishing opportunities and ideas in Chicago at the time, most especially the 1893 World’s Colombian Exposition.  A year after settling in Chicago, he started the family business, H.M. Witt Sign Company, which my father owns today.  After marking his name in Chicago, Henry Matthew Witt I passed his full name through three generations. If you didn’t know already, I have a twin brother named Andrew.  When we were born,
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