> Question 1 II Pause Q Zoom "Fried" My cell phone rings again. It is futile to ignore it anymore; Valerie is persistent. When Valerie wants something, stre will continue to bedevil me until I acquiesce. "Hello," I answer. "State Fair , Bobbie?" she asks in her singsong voice. "When are we heading out? Only two more days left!" I abhor the State Fair. The boisterous crowds, the insanely long lines and the impossibility of finding a clean restroom all combine to make this an event that I dread. For Valerie, my best friend since the angst of middle school, the State Fair is a sign that divine powers really do exist. "Really, Bobbie, where else can you pet a cow, ride a horse, fall ten stories, see the world's smallest person and eat fried macaroni and cheese?" Valerie asks gleefully. "Hades?" I guess. The fried food at the State Fair is a gastronomical nightmare on its own. I once tried a fried pickle at the fair and was sick to my stomach for hours. And a fried donut hamburger with bacon, cheese AND greasy egg? How could that not be deleterious? Thave not seen Valerie for a good month, our schedules are both so hectic My hatred of the State Fair becomes inconsequential compared to my desire to hang with Val. Alas, I ignore my anti-fair bias f the umpteenth year. "Pick me up at noon," I say and hang up the phone. [(finish the story from Bobbie point of view)]​

Read the excerpt from "the role of social media in the arab uprisings" by heather brown, emily guskin, and amy mitchell. in july 2012 a report was published by the united states institute of peace. . . . the study suggests that the importance of social media was in communicating to the rest of the world what was happening on the ground during the uprisings. . data from the pew research center’s global attitudes project at least somewhat supports this conclusion with its findings that the majority of egyptians are not online. nearly two-thirds (65%) of the total population do not use the internet. when looking specifically at those with a college education, use of social media for obtaining political information is more prevalent than in other segments of the population. though most of the country is disconnected from the internet, 84% of those who are online say they visit social networking sites for news about egypt’s political situation. these findings point to social media’s important role in spreading information, but do not necessarily indicate that social media was a mobilizing force in the uprisings. how do the authors use statistics to support their claim? to include ideas about how social media can authoritarian regimes remain in power to emphasize that egyptians, even those who are highly educated, mistrust social media to illustrate that social media motivated average egyptians to take part in the uprisings to show that even though social media use was limited, it was often directly connected to politics