31. Why You Can't Cry in Space

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/why-you-cant-cry-in-space/267147/

Megan Garber's article "Why You Can't Cry in Space" presents interesting facts about the effect of no gravity on crying. Beginning with the real life incident with Astronaut Andrew Feustel, Garber captures the reader's interest from the start of the article. Garber states that the episode of the flake of the anti-fogging solution entering the astronaut's eye, causing it to tear up reminds us that crying is technically impossible in space because there is no gravity to pull the tear drops downward. Garber states another instance with an astronaut, Chris Hadfield, who had revealed through answering a student's question via twitter, that tearing up in space can actually cause the eyes to sting rather than soothing them. Garber constantly uses quotes from the astronauts to display the facts about crying in space and uses comparison-contrast to illustrate the fascination of the different world above the Earth.

Garber's tone is casual and informal, and indicates the intended audience as the general readership without necessary academic specialties. Her purpose is to inform and to entertain the audience with the typically curious topic of what it is like in outer space. Accordingly, the article is made of relatively easy diction and a friendly tone of voice, successfully accompanying a purpose of entertainment.

32. There will never be a “gay Jackie Robinson”

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/31/why_there_will_never_be_a_gay_jackie_robinson_partner/

Cyd Zeigler writes to the Salon on the comparison of gay rights and breakthroughs and the legendary Jackie Robinson. He opens the article by explaining how there's been great expectation on who'll be the "gay Jackie Robinson," being the first gay athlete to "change the face of professional spors and open the floodgates for other gay athletes." However, Zeigler goes on explaining how that won't be possible. He gives a bit of historical background and provides, at the same time, an analogy between challenges faced by black people then and LGBT now. The author mentions Rosa Parks, the Civil Rights Bill and desegregation of the University of Mississippi and explains how all of these occurred after Jackie Robinson, and even if there was an athlete whose sexuality made him a remarkable spokesperson for the LGBT movement, he'd do it after the movement was already in progress and half-way won already. Besides that, Zeigler closes the article by stating his personal opinion, claiming how there's too much pressure on gay athletes to be leaders of a movement which they're not necessarily longing to be a big part of.

Zeigler's purpose with the article was to show how the comparison between Jackie Robinson and a future gay athlete might be hasty and not very well-done. He achieves success as he uses many historical references of epochal events in black history and connects it to the challenges faced by the LGBT community. Besides that, he achieves the sympathy of the reader and make them "delete" any thoughts of the author being homophobic or prejudicious as he uses personal pronouns and refers to himself as an insider and a part of the LGBT community.

32. A High School Where the Students Are the Teachers

http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/27/a-high-school-where-the-students-are-the-teachers/

            The title of the article is enough to draw the eyes of readers, but even more so, the subject is well presented and intriguing.  Alexandra Sifferlin is a talented writer, and this subject sounds like a fun one to touch on.  Basically, there is a school where there is a semester long class that is run by students.  There are teachers on standby, keeping an eye on the activities of the students.  The big question, though, concerns whether it actually helps or not.  According to research, it does.

            This article is very fun and informative.  The purpose is to explain how the school in Massachusetts lets its students teach one another and work together to learn rather than sitting through lectures.  It tells how this is an effective tool, at least for the environment provided by the school on subject.  The piece is very effective, providing quotes, a video, pictures, and statistics to prove its research and points.

31. Two-Headed Bull Shark Confirmed Rarest in the World

According to Journal of Fish Biology, the recent two headed bull shark found is the only recorded instance of dicephalia in a shark. Dicephalia is the scientific term for a fetus with two heads. The shark was accidentally found by a fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico. He caught an adult bull shark April 7 2011 and then extracted the two headed fetus. The two headed shark died shortly after and experts say that it had little chance of surviving anyway.  Michigan State University lead the study with Florida Keys Community College. They confirmed that the shark was one organism and not conjoined twins. MSU assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife, Michael Wagne said, “You’ll see many more cases of two-headed lizards and snakes…That’s because those organisms are often bred in captivity, and the breeders are more likely to observe the anomalies.” In the case of the shark, the axial skeleton and internal organs divided into two parallel systems. Why it mutated this way is unknown but it is unlikely that it had to do with the 2010 BP oil drill event. Wagner says, “Given the timing of the shark’s discovery with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, I could see how some people may want to jump to conclusions … Making that leap is unwarranted. We simply have no evidence to support that cause or any other.”

The author, Matt Peckham, starts out by referencing the well known film Jaws and the director Guillermo del Toro to give an idea about the strange shark. A reference to the Journal of Fish Biology is given. A whole paragraph on how the shark was found was given to keep the readers up to speed on everything. An explanation of the anomaly is also given to the reader.  Peckham also dismisses theories about the oil drilling accident as well as quotes Michael Wagne the MSU assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife. The article is to inform people on a strange mutation. People studying sharks or biology might find this interesting but some people might just like the interesting read.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/28/two-headed-bull-shark-confirmed-rarest-in-the-world/#ixzz2P9kYNusY

31. School Shooting

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/magazine/should-it-matter-that-the-shooter-at-oikos-university-was-korean.html?hp&_r=0

           Jay Caspian Kang, the author of the New York Times article "That Other School Shooting," talks about a school shooting that took place in Oikos University in Oakland, California. The 43 year -old shooter was a former nursing student and he killed 6 people and wounded 3 with a .45 caliber gun. He tried to escape with a car but later surrendered to the police. The author went to visit the shooter whose name is One L. Goh. He saw that the shooter was a short, fat Korean who was expecting to see his father. The author then has a personal conversation with the shooter asking him questions about his personal life, his family, his childhood, his past memories, etc. The author also talks about himself and both come to a connection because both are Koreans and apparently the shooter blames his cold father for being the motive behind his shootings. The shooter justifies his shootings and the killings with: "I always tried to find the better way."
           Kang uses several rhetorical devices to enhance his writing. The author's purpose is informative but it does have a persuasive touch to it; the author tries to make the reader rethink the stereotypes and the idea that most people have overreacted to the fact that the shooter was a Korean. The author's tone is somewhat sympathetic yet critical and his writing style is very different: the author's first paragraph is straightforward with facts and the rest of it is a descriptive personal experience and account of going to the Santa Rita prison and personally interviewing the shooter. The author's questions lead the shooter into saying that he had a very mediocre childhood but his relationship with his father was not strong. The shooter says that he feels sorry for the deaths: "I very much regret what happened,' Goh said. 'I wish it hadn’t happened that way. I’m really sorry to society, Korean society and the families of the victims." The author's use of personal pronouns make the article seem much less formal and much more like a descriptive narrative. 

31.What's Behind Spike in Gulf Coast Dolphin Attacks?

Dead, and multilated dolphins have been turning up recently,. Last year the Louisiana Fisheries and Wildlife personnel discovered a dead bottlenose dolphin near Elmer's Island last year they figures it was a death cause once again by the oil spill of the 2010 BP oil spill. After a better investigation, they found out that what had caused the dolphins death was a tiny piercing on the right side of the dolphins's blowhole. The killing turned out to be another in growing string of apparent attacks on dolphins and other marine mammals reported along the Gulf Coast in recent months. While the general morality of dolphins hasn't gone up, scientists and animal rights advocates are finding an unusual amount of evidence showing human harm to the animals. Officials do not believe that it is a oneman job. Due to these incidents there are different theories abound suggesting that fishermen , when mammals get to close to their boats but never get into contacts meaning that a only way someone could abuse the dolphins is if it were dead, and yet it is a cruel act to perform such things on dolphins where they are found with a mishaped head, without tails etc.."Herbert Nieburg, a Connecticut-based clinical psychologist and consultant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), said patients with this disorder often pursue "wanton thrill-seeking" and get a pleasurable feeling of power from hurting a more vulnerable creature." has been mentioned.

The author here presents some concerns that has been going on, because stereotyping wise, they dolphins are known to be kindly creatures never doing humans wrong but the contrary and to find out that people out there are heartless enough to be capable of doing such things can shock and outrage many people. the author does a good job on presenting the issue going on, uses proper diction, examples and the thoughts of many professionals and especialists on their field.

31. Why is South Africa included in the BRICS?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/03/economist-explains-why-south-africa-brics

On March 29th, a writer for The Economist addressed South Africa's involvement in the BRICS. After mentioning the purpose of the group and their latest meeting, J.P.P. says that South Africa could have joined the group without any really good reasons. The author tells us the origin of the acronym and explains why this grouping didn't and still doesn't seem to be too rational since the countries that make up this group were and still differ greatly. In addition to these seemingly incompatible nations, J.P.P. carries on justifying the invlusion of South Africa to the group, making the BRICs become the BRICS. To conclude, the author says what the countries intend to do in the future and what was decided in the latest meeting.

The author's purpose in writing this post was to clarify and present his ideas, which are probably shared by many other, on the reason why South Africa joined the BRICs. His audience is primarily focused on people who are curious to know more about South Africa's involvement since the title of the article says that. The author's tone seems to be one of indecisiveness since the reasons he gives make it appear as if South Africa was included just to have it in the group, without any real purpose. His arguments are logical and he doesn't refer to any other people since they are self explanatory. However, to save the group's appearance from too much embarrassment J.P.P. says what the countries are doing to improve their relations, but the impression given still makes the group look slightly unprofessional.

31. Men and Women Are Probably Equally Likely to Be Shopaholics

http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/03/men-and-women-are-probably-equally-likely-to-be-shopaholics/274385/

In Eleanor Barkhorn's article, "Men and Women Are Probably Equally Likely to Be Shopaholics," she reveals that both women and men have tendencies to have shopping addictions. Barkhorn starts her article by showing examples of people both in real life and movies that are shopaholics, including men. She also talks about many stories in newspaper and other sources about people having problems because of shopping addiction. She, later, continues by stating that there is indeed male shopaholics. The male consumer then states his point of view and reveals the secret in his shopping spree. After this Barkhorn clearly states that there are s many male shopaholic as female, however "what differs is the types of things they buy..." She later shows more example and states that most shopaholics consider the material they are buying as sexual. Barkhorn ends her article by saying, "Compulsive shopping is a powerful addiction, and it doesn't discriminate based on gender." In other words, shopping addiction is true for all sexes.

The author's purpose in writing this article is to reveal to the readers that everyone, both men and women, can have compulsive shopping. She is breaking the stereotype of women being the only shopaholics. She used a lot of exemplification in her essay, even had people give their experience about having this addiction, showing more credibility. The tone in her article was serious and direct. It clearly showed what the article wanted to reveal to the readers and what she wished the readers would understand. The readers are mostly women, mostly feminist, who wishes to see men doing the same thing as women do. It is also those who are interested in women and men similarities. The author does a really good job in writing this article and achieving her purpose.

30. Does Studying Science Make You a Better Person?

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/23/does_studying_science_make_you_a_better_person_partner/

Tom Jacobs's article "Does Studying Science Make You a Better Person?," published on March 23 2013, argues that science, or exposure to science, produces psychological effects that display higher inclination to condemn unethical behavior and to help others. Jacobs mainly accords to various academic experiments and research to assert the theory. One such experiment Jacobs refers to is one conducted by psychologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in which 48 undergraduates were surveyed to judge a rapist's behavior, with the variable being each person's amount of exposure to science. Such explanations of studies carried out by groups of researchers from reputable universities like Harvard and the UCSB provide credibility to the assertions Jacobs presents. The several experiments he mentions in the article further suggest that exposure to even just scientific vocabulary directly correlates to a heightening of selflessness and stricter judgement of morally wrong actions. At the conclusion of the article, Jacobs states, "who knew Bill Nye, the Science Guy might be a spiritual teacher?," approaching the audience's concordance using an allusion of the familiar and loved Bill Nye from our childhood.

Tom Jacobs presents this article to a general audience of non-specialists who are either skeptical about science in relation to morality, or are interested in science. The familiar diction and clearly explained arguments indicate an audience who are not necessarily well educated about the topic discussed. Jocobs's purpose of providing this article is to inform the public of such additional beneficiaries of science itself, and perhaps even to rid of the common stereotype that scientific people are less warm-at-heart. Jacobs successfully conveys his purpose through effective use of references to academic sources.

30. Does Your Water Need More Ions?

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/03/ionized_and_alkalinized_water_ridiculous_health_fad_debunked.html

On March 22, Kent Sepkowitz; writer at Slate, writes an article on healthy fads, and asks the public, if our water needs more ions? To introduce his article, he begins saying that after many years of people neglecting water, today it seams to be emerging as a cutting-edge healthy food. Sepkowitz states that this may be because of Gatorade, because go the chemicals that are in it, he goes on to say that the inventors where trying to prevent football players in Florida, from collapsing with the heat, but they didn't think if would become a "sports drink."He then talks about some statistics and the money that companies had to use in order to support their industries. Sepkowitz also says that American water needs to be self-improved, because the number of Americans who get sickened by the tap water is minuscule. After setting his "theme" He goes into the body of his article, and starts talking about who ionized water is so exciting. Sepkowitz says how water ionization and alkalization is another fad of science that can be used for support. He ends his article with a very strong argument, that combines his thesis statement and his arguments, and overall reaches the public, when he says; "Eventually it is the physician who seems the narrow-minded, dim-witted charlatan stuck on boring Earth, heavy shoes pulled down by gravity. Because it turns out that it is not science that people want but science fiction."

In this article Sepkowitz uses many rhetorical devices. Throughout his article, his diction is very strong, he states his thesis and supports it with fact evidence, and makes his thesis stronger, when he ends with a shocking yet truthful sentence. Sepkowitz uses allusions to companies, and their incorporations, the biggest one he states is Gatorade, and how the makes of it where just trying to prevent they footballers to not collapse in the Floridian heat weather. In a way he also uses irony, to state that water has know been considered a "healthy food" because of the influence that Gatorade had in the market, and how it is full of unhealthy things. His thesis is to show the importance of ionized water and how it has affected the public today. Sepkowitz main audience are nutritionist and or people who do sports, because he states about "healthy food" and how athletes need water to replace the sugary and other substances contained in the Gatorade bottle.

30. Literature isn't as "moody" as it used to be

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/literature_isnt_as_moody_as_it_used_to_be_partner/

Tom Jacobs writes to the Salon on March 21st about a recent study made on our authors and the chance in their writing style over the past century. He begins the article by explaining how the general reader's idea is essencially wrong- how in spite of their thoughts that the desire of the generation to express themselves has increased recently, this is not reflected in the writings of the century. Jacobs then gives a few statistics of the research, how terms reflecting disgust have decreased over the past twenty years and how that may reflect a socially liberal society and generationy, at least on issues such as gay marriage. The author explains that fear, on the other hand, has increased greatly, probably due to recent occurances in the 21st century. He gives some more parallels of what was going on with society and the terms used by authors of the time and finally ends the author by comparing language in English and American literary works and how it reflects society.

Jacobs intentions with this article is to show how literature has reflected a society which is not so focused on expressing their feelings. He achieves his goal through the many parallels and statistic he gives.

30. Electronic cigarettes: No smoke. Why the fire?

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573986-world-should-welcome-electronic-cigarette-no-smoke-why-fire

On March 23^rd, an article was posted discussing the use of electronic cigarettes versus its non-electronic counterpart. In his opening paragraph, the author gives statistics on the deaths caused by cigarette smoking per year, the reason why people smoke, and the basic mechanism of electronic cigarettes. He continues to list the benefits of e-cigarettes and imposes his own opinion that they should be accepted and not rejected. Although the e-cigarette market has been growing, many nations and small institutions have banned or prohibited their use from certain locations. After giving some examples, the author reiterates that e-cigarettes should be promoted and states some measures that could be taken to make this practice more effective than real cigarettes so people will be more lenient towards it.

The author’s purpose in writing this article was to persuade his audience that electronic cigarettes should not be frowned upon, but must be encouraged. He explains his reasoning appealing to logic through the mechanism of the e-cigarettes and uses statistics to show how the real cigarette is worse than electronic ones. He uses definition to explain some terms like the e-cigarette itself and denormalization and uses examples to reinforce his ideas. In his later paragraph, he appeals to those who are against the new possible trend by creating common ground and saying that steps should be taken to make sure e-cigarettes are sold correctly and to the proper public.

30. Musharraf Back in Pakistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/asia/pervez-musharraf-the-former-president-returns-to-pakistan.html?hp&_r=0

             Salman Masood, the author of the article "Former President Returns to Pakistan," talks about the return of the former Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf. The military ruler had just ended his self exile of four years to try to restart a new political future. Pervez Musharraf resigned in 2008 after being threatened to be impeached; he left the country one year later and now he returned to Pakistan four years later. Several of his supporters waited for him in the airport in Karachi, waving supportive slogans and shouting out praises. Musharraf was threatened to death by Taliban militants; he has previously faced assassination attempts by terrorist groups Taliban and Al Qaeda. He was also charged of crimes such as the deaths of Benazir Bhutto and Nawab Akbar Bugti. The authorities have not allowed the former president to speak outside the airport. Many political analysts are saying that many of his allies and supporters are gone and he has no power to make any significant political differences in the country. Musharraf came into power after a rebellion in 1999 but in 2007, his popularity fell after he tried getting rid of the country's chief justice.
               The author uses several rhetorical devices in his writing. The author's purpose for writing this article is mainly informative: the author is informing readers about the former Pakistani President's return. The tone throughout the article is very neutral and serious. The audience of the article is definitely Pakistanis or other people interested in the country's politics. The author of the article Masood makes use of a lot of flashbacks. In other words, the author writes about the current situation (Musharraf's recent return to Pakistan) and then incorporates flashbacks (Musharraf's past/background information) so that the reader can be much more informed. The author also includes several descriptions which further show the pros and cons of the return; the former president received some applauds and support, but there was also the cost of terrorist threats and political conflict. The author's diction makes it seem like the country is in a political turmoil: the political situation of the country is in deep conflict as it was during Musharraf's leadership.

30. "Baby Shot in Stroller was Mom's Second Son to Die in Violent Attack"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/23/georgia_baby_killed_in_stroller_was_sherry_west_s_second_son_to_die.html

Daniel Politi wrote an article to "State" on March 23, 2013 talking about the tragedy a mother faced first with her 18 year old son and now with her 13 month baby boy. Her oldest son, Shaun Glassey, was stabbed five years ago. The 17 year old killer was put in prison. Now the same person killed the baby after the mom refused to give him money. He was shot four times, once in the head. There were three by passers that called 911 after the shooting saying they had heard gun shots. Even after all this, the criminals family insisted that he was not there that day, therefore the killer was not him. The mother who faced two tragedies with her children hopes that this penalty leads to a death penalty, after all this 17 year old criminal has done to her and her family.

The author does a good job of bringing reality to our lives. Some people who read this live a perfect and safe lifestyle. So this article serves as a real eye opener. It shows its readers what still goes on in the world and that it is not that safe after all. The diction of this article is very serious, as this is a very serious topic. This article also serves to inform its readers as to what is occurring with children now a days and we have to be careful with the areas we take them to.

30. Two Ohio Teens Found Guilty of Rape, Will Spend At Least One Year in Jail

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/17/steubenville_rape_case_two_ohio_teens_found_guilty.html

The article focused on a rape case that occurred in Ohio, Steubenville, on Aug. 12. The first sentence summarized the main points of the article, introducing the subject, the participants, the place, and the results. Two football players from Steubenville High School, Ma'Lik Richmond and Trent Mays, were found guilty of rape. Both were sentenced to serve one year in a juvenile jail, and according to the Associated Press, Mays would have to serve an additional year for sending the victim's picture to others. The author, Daniel Politi, further provided details of the account which included information about the specific place and time. A personal testimony from the sixteen year old victim showed that though she did not remember the day of the assault, text messages and pictures of herself revealed that it was probable she was molested that night. According to Reuters, the attorney General Mike DeWine declared that he would investigate other events that surrounded the rape and the grand jury was in the process of determining whether or not to charge anyone else involved with the case. The author also informed how the case became well known. A hacktivist group known as Anonymous  exposed pictures and a video of the offenders carrying the victim, and had made plans for protests in town.

Daniel Politi's purpose in writing this article was to inform citizens about a rape case in the town of Steubenville in Ohio. Though the assault took place last summer, investigations and results confirmed the two convicts of rape. Politi provided the audience information about where and when the aggression took place through a simple diction that made it possible for anyone reading it to understand. His tone seemed to be one of disturbance as he recounted the case and one of hope when he later quoted Judge Thomas Lipps, who encouraged teenagers "to have discussions about how you talk to your friends, how you record things on the social media so prevalent today and how you conduct yourself when drinking is put upon you by your friends." Several times throughout the article, Politi alluled to and quoted big news institutions, such as the Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times, and others. It did not only show he researched and had a strong understanding of the issue, but also showed he had credible evident to support his claims.

30. Does studying science make you a better person?

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/23/does_studying_science_make_you_a_better_person_partner/

In Tom Jacob's article, "Does studying science make you a better person?," he informs the reader about the recent studies, which reveal that people who study science are inclined to help humanity. Jacobs starts out his article with an attention-getting statement followed by his thesis. He, then, starts to build his article by revealing evidences to his point of view. He shows that scientists have performed four experiments to prove that science really does help people to think better of others. Jacobs describe the experiments and all of them shows similar results -- "science puts us in a frame of mind where we’re thinking in terms of the common good." There were some exceptions in the study, but most of them states that science really did improve people's ability to view right and wrong. Jacobs ends his article by lifting another argument, "Who knew Bill Nye, the Science Guy might be a spiritual teacher?"

The author's purpose in writing this article is to inform his readers about a new discovery made. Scientists discovered that science helps people's mind to understand good. His readers are scientists and people who are interested in science. The author uses very solid evidences, which have great credibility, since it was performed and proven right. His diction are mostly scientific words because he talks about experiments. The author does a good job in building up his arguments by putting reliable sources and clear statements. He also does a good job in making the readers be focused in his article and wish to continue reading it.

30. Who Does More at Home: Men or Women?

 http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/19/who-does-more-at-home-men-or-women/

                For a while now, women’s roles in society have been growing.  Slowly, women have been able to partake most jobs that men have outside of home.  Women to do not feel confined to raising kids and cleaning their kitchen because now they share many responsibilities with men outside of their home.  But what about at home?  Have men stepped up to take the role as a stay at home dads while the moms head off to work?  Studies show that even though men have upped their role with raising kids at home, women still do most of the work.  From cleaning to taking care of toddlers, women seem to have a different mentality on the home situation than men.

                The purpose of this article, written by Belinda Luscombe, was to show how men and women’s roles in society are a lot the same on the work field, but still really different at home.  She uses a clever hook, presenting her own idea, and then knocking it over, “Leadership, a recurring theme is the revolution at home. Or lack thereof.”   It is evident that Luscombe has studied her subject, it is apparent in the research that she noted early on and used as a basis throughout the article.  She presents interesting facts as well as supportive statistics ranging from the 60s to the present.  One weak side of her article is its length.  It is short, and though it does state enough seeming evidence to support it, it seems as if it could use just a little more depth.  Overall, though, it is an interesting article worth reading. 

30. Average for U.S. Jobless Claims at Fresh 5-Year Low

Many people are seeking jobs. The unemployment aid for people has hardly changed since last week. The average last month fell to a five year low making the decline in layoffs strengthen the job market. Thursday, the Labor Department said employment benefit applications rose to 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000. Applicants have dropped by 7,500 to 339,750 in the past four weeks. So far, that is the lowest since February 2008. Economists pay close attention to this four week average and it can smooth out weekly fluctuations. The decline in unemployment shows signs that companies are laying off less workers. It could be suggested that there are quite a few people that are not worried about future economic conditions. Since November, the four week average has fallen 15 percent. Also since November, employers have added an average of 200,000 jobs per month. Then in February, unemployment fell to a four-year low of 7.7 percent. The job market has benefited from strong auto sales housing. Homebuilding permits were in the highest level in four and a half years in February. It is suggested that recent gains in home construction are going to continue. In January home sales jumped 16 percent and auto sales rose in January to February after a five year high in 2012. The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates low which helps housing and auto sectors. In a news conference, Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the job market has accelerated but the Fed wants to see persistent improvement before changing its stimulus policies.

Author Christopher S. Rugaber of Time uses this article to inform on unemployment in the United States. Quite a few people would be interested in this as it addresses a worrying issue that many face. There are many statistics given to show increases and decreases in unemployment. Rugaber’s article ends on a pretty optimistic note that unemployment is slowly lessening. His article is both informing as well as a bit uplifting.

http://business.time.com/2013/03/21/average-for-u-s-jobless-claims-at-fresh-5-year-low/

30. China’s Leader Argues for Cooperation With Russia

       In this article, David M. Herszenhor, writes about a case made by president of China for a cooperation with Russia. The writer draws the readers' attention on the first paragraph, by introducing them to the main points of the article. The case for a closer economic and political policy cooperation was made on Saturday and was made using a speech at an university. President stated that the countries have the same goals. Then Herszenhor continues by explaining the president's reasons for this desire of cooperation. Both countries are now in important periods of national revival and they both share interests in promoting peace and and stability. Most important of all, what really connects them is the energy cooperation ( oil and natural gas). Even though Xi does not mention about the United States, the author says that the president has a desire of achieving a stronger voice in global affairs. To end the article, David M. Herszenhorn quotes the president of China, giving his arguments to convince the public. Xi does not only emphasize other ties between China and Russia such as the literature, but says: “We are living through an era of flux and change. No country or bloc of countries can again single-handedly dominate world affairs.”


       The purpose of this article by David M. Herszenhorn is to inform the readers about the desire of president Xi of having economic and political policy cooperation. Also, even though it is not explicitly said, the writer seems to be trying to warn the readers, that the communist countries may achieve a stronger voice in the future, affecting the whole world. The author does a great job in informing exactly the important information, and he does this by using several rhetorical devices. For example, even though he writes about politics, instead of using professional and high level diction, he uses easier words so that everyone can understand. Besides that, he quotes president in most parts of the article, instead of paraphrasing it or putting into his own words, which adds credibility to his writing and appeals to ethos. 

30.battle for the elefants education

-learn about the illegal Ivory trade and Africa's Elefants

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/battle-for-elephants/?ar_a=1

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/blog/a-voice-for-elephants/

At the try of being the voice to the elephants the National Geographic team made a film about "Battle for the Elephants" were it exposes the viewers into seeing the brutal slaugthers of the African elephants for their precious tusks fueled by China's great demand for ivory. The film becomes a voice to these historic and majestic land animals that today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for gold. Through a blog managed by the journalists Bryan Christy and Aidan Hartley takes the viewers and readers of the National Geographic into examining the supply and demans for ivories in the chinese trade market. Traveling to China with Christy it is shown how the thriving ivory market is being proceeded and the ancient chinese tradition of ivory carving. While Hartley makes a journey to Africa where he gains a rare permission to enter the ivory stockpiles and goes undercover to expose the criminal ivory trade network. While Hartley visited the warehouses and said ,"You can smell it, it's almost like dried blood. There is smell of death in here. All these are confiscated trophies." and Aidan meets with Khamis Kagasheki, minister of natural resources in Tanzania, which stores the world’s largest stockpile of elephant tusks in the world. Unlike Kenya Tanzania which is known to be one of the world's poorest countries disagrees with burning the tusks arguing that the money from sales could support conversation efforts. Aidan expresses his idea by stating, "  An official told us that if an international agency were to buy the tusks with the intention of burning them, they would eagerly sell them. But who would support such an idea?"

 For being a desperately poor country many in Tanzania would like to sell the ivory inside the warehouse, but others worry that another sale would make the demand for this material higher  and would lead into more poaching. Most experts believe that the world's leading ivory consumer is China. According to Bryan christy the underground market is having a blast , CITES announced that about 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa last year, in Tanzania alone,poachers kill 30 elephants per day and the International Fund for Animal Welfare estimates that 84 percents of the ivory sold to China is illegal.One thing is left clear, maybe the last battle for the elephants are being fought now.

These several authors does not only represent the National Geographic channel , but also battles for the elephant's rights and lives. Hartley for example did the impossible of entering a ivory warehouse in order to be able to report what kind of crimes happens upon the African Elephants the author uses drastic vocabulary to express the world's concern on these elephants. The author is direct and clear uses examples and his own experience to express the unsaid and unknown, giving out percise information . His intention is to gather people attention to make a louder voice for these elephants making everyone to exposed to this elephants crises instead of leaving them ignorant to such situations.

29. St. Patrick... Just the facts.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/assessment/2000/03/st_patrick.html

On March 16, David Plotz writes an article about St. Patricks day, and claims they are all "Just the Facts." As an intro, an annonomous writer, says that Plotz "strips the myth away from St. Patricks. Plotz begins his article by presenting his main idea. Plotz begins his article by saying how people raise green glass to someone who got rid of snakes, didn't compare Trinity to the shamrock and wasn't even Irish. He goes on to say how there are very few facts about St. Patricks, and most of them come from the autobiographical Confession and the indignant Letter to slave-talking marauder, he had written. He also says that Patrick was born in Britain, and was the son of a Roman official. Plotz goes on about Patricks story life, how he was captured by seafaring riders, then after he had a vision he ran away, but then he had another dream in which the Irish folks asked him to come back, so he did and spent the rest of his 30 years there. Plotz says how the Irish people have celebrated their patron saint for over centuries, about 1,000 years ago. The United States, though, turned it into a boozy spectacle. Irish imigrants used to celebrate St. Patricks first in Boston, 1737. The first parade was held in New York City in 1762. Plotz ends his article by saying just like everyone else, Americans think that St. Patricks are part of them.

In this article Plotz, ends any kind of myth that St. Patricks has. Although it ends the fairytale of it all, he shows the facts and the reality of the myth. Plotz uses allusions throughout his article. He states various of books Patrick himself wrote, and some other books. His diction is very strong, and he goes straight to the point, by showing the side of reality. Since his diction is very strong, it makes his arguments stronger, and easy to understand. He uses easy and not so formal words to make his audience understand his point of view. Plotz says "The scarcity of facts about St. Patrick's life has made him a dress-up doll," he also says in the last sentence of his article, " We Americans, like everyone else, think St. Patrick is one of ,us." In these two sentences you can hear a disappointing tone. Which describes his whole attitude towards how people view St. Patricks and ends his article with a very strong point.

29.Ohio Teenagers Guilty in Rape That Social Media Brought to Light

The article talks about the court case where two high school football players were charged with rape. The victim, a 16-year-old girl, was at a party and got drunk to the point of passing out. The football players allegedly abused her unconscious body and one of them even had intercourse with her. Trent Mays was accused of raping the victim and Ma’lik Richmond was accused of distributing pictures of the minor.

The article is concise. Since the author's purpose was to simply report the story, he doesn't tell the reader his opinion. Because of the nature of the article, he writes very objectively and doesn't employ much an unique writing style.

29. Why Do We Suspend Misbehaving Students?

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2013/03/why_do_we_suspend_children_from_school.html

Brian Palmer is the author of "Why Do We Suspend Misbehaving Students?" The attention catching introduction alludes to the recent Sandy Hook shooting case and compares it to another similar case in Maryland, explaining that many have been suspended due to inappropriate jokes related to guns. The next sentence provides the article's main discussion - why suspending students is a common punishment. The author informs that though it is "familiar, cheap, and convenient," it is also proven to be innefective for its "deterrent value is low." To support this assertion, the author includes evidence from a 2011 study performed in Texas and its statistics. He concludes by also stating that schools do not benefit from suspending their students and that some city schools, such as one in Baltimore, have taken measures to decrease suspension as a means of punishment. In the next paragraph, Palmer introduces the reader to a contrast of people who do support suspension despite what he has previously stated. Including parents, principals, and administrators, the author reveals each people's view of suspension and explains that those who are more likely to "dropout" do so because it is more of a "push out." The next paragraphs talked about the role of suspension during the 1960's and 1970's and how it differs from today. The final paragraph of the article suggests many others' and most likely the author's view and alternative solutions for punishment other than suspension. Palmer briefly explains each one and how effective it could be.

Palmer's purpose in writing the article "Why Do We Suspend Misbehaving Students?" is to inform, most likely parents, students, and education related adults about the effects of punishing students with suspension. He also seems to persuade his audience into considering other means of punishment. The author uses different patterns of development to achieve his purpose. He compares and contrasts different eras in history in which suspension used to be effective, but today it is not; he reveals the cause and effects of suspending students (which did not reveal positive results, but rather effects that only leads to deterring students' educational lives). Palmer also uses persuasion in his writing, revealing the negatives of suspension and later providing an alternative solution and its possible effects in the final paragraph. The author's tone is fomal and conversational; his stand in the issue seems to be favoring other means of punishment which is explicitly evident in the final paragraph. Throughout the article, Palmer alludes to several cases, laws, and other examples (such as evidence from surveys) to support his arguments. The final paragraph was effective in the way that it not only presented another way of punishing students, but also explained its effects and how they would help students to do better.

29. Soccer player banned over Nazi salute

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/17/soccer_player_banned_from_team_over_nazi_salute/

The Salon publishes a story on March the 17th on a soccer player banned for making the "sieg heil" sign in a match. Giorgos Katidis, a player for Athens was banned after celebrating the score against Veria in the Greek league with the famous nazi symbol. The Greece's soccer federation said it was an outraging insult to the victims of Hitler's infamous "tribe". Katidis claimed ignorance to the sign, and even tweeted he hated fascism. AEK fans required his expulsion from the team while AEK and the Greek league are considering which measures to take.

The article's intention is simply to inform the reader about the most recent occurance in Greece and in the soccer world. Apart from its obvious purpose, it also shows how either brutal racism still happens nowadays or how ignorance is taking over this generation.The author uses a simple and blunt style to convey his message but remains extremely impartial through it all.

29. Lena Dunham Doesn't Want Victoria's Secret Body. Her's Is More Powerful.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/03/14/lena_dunham_playboy_interview_dunham_doesn_t_want_the_body_of_a_victoria.html

In the article "Lena Dunham Doesn't Want Victoria's Secret Body." Amanda Hess uses a content of Lena Dunham's interview to assert that today's society discriminates against women by objectifying their bodies. Hess begins the article with a brief review of the interview with Playboy, including the question for Dunham, "If you woke up tomorrow in the body of a Victoria's Secret model, what would you do for the rest of the day?" Lena Dunham gave a rather unexpected response that she would not like it, and would prefer her normal self, because of the burden that would come from other people's interest in her body. Hess further interprets Dunham's response in remarking that "The constant attention over her dimensions would be coded as praise, but it would remain dehumanizing."

Amanda Hess presents this rare point of view on an event of Lena Dunham to open the public view to a different contrast on the issues that characterize the society through such media. Hess uses this perception of Dunham to demonstrate how, in today's society, a female herself being able to control the set-up of the systems that are used to capitalize out bodies is something rare and perhaps more valuable than possessing "the body of a Victoria's Secret model." Hess intends this article toward a general mature audience who is able to understand the concepts and implications of the story and her assertion about sexuality in today's culture.

29. Painful Lessons from Romania’s Decade-Old Adoption Ban

In, Romania, an American woman called Mary plans to adopt a young girl named Alina. The paperwork was completed with only a signature from the Romanian prime minister to make the adoption official. Yet, it never happened and Mary was unable to take Alina to the United States. Romania suspended international adoptions and banned it altogether four years later. Their reasons were because of corruption in foreigners adopting. Alina is now 16 and a “pipeline kid” or a child “left in limbo” due to banned international adoption. A similar situation now looms over hundreds of orphans in Russia. Americans were no longer allowed to adopt Russian children since January 1. Around 1,000 Russian orphans are now in the pipeline. Russia said that the law was made because of human rights being abused. Trouble began stirring when an American woman sent her adopted son back to Russia in 2010 due to “severe psychopathic issues.” Unfortunately, there have been some other tragic issues as well. Russian officials state that some pipeline cases could be completed but it is unknown if the children will ever go to the U.S. The would be parents face “unresolved grief” and look for closure. Yet, many cannot move on. There are many stories of parents never knowing what happened to the children they wanted to adopt. One such woman called Murrell recounted an even when she met with the Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase. She said, “He did say very positive things and I remember leaving there thinking this is a really positive thing…When you are in the situation you hear what you want to hear. But when I look back at it I think, you know, he just wanted us to shut up.” The bans not only emotionally hurt the would be parents, pipeline children will most likely face problems upon adulthood. A woman called Rita says about her pipeline child, “We were told she was Roma and that she probably would not be adopted…I know that she’s never going to have a family. She’s going to turn 18 and she’s going to be turned out on the street, and I’m not going to let that happen.” Typically, the children will leave at 18 and end up homeless. They turn to crime and prostitution. A teacher in the orphanage where Alina is staying told Mary, “There are always bad people lurking in the shadows… observing, and waiting for their opportunity. Children like [Alina] often become prostitutes.”

Author Meghan Collins Sullivan seems to have a very strong stance on this issue. She uses very strong wording “a signature from Romania’s prime minister was all that stood between Alina’s placement in a stable American home and a childhood in Romania without a family. It never happened.” She also uses tragic and gripping testimonies from people facing this issue. Sullivan gives the reasons why the governments have issued such laws and recounts the stories. Sullivan’s article not only informs readers but through her stories stirs emotion in the reader to an almost call to action. As a side note, Sullivan changed the names of some children and parents.

http://world.time.com/2013/03/15/painful-lessons-from-romanias-decade-old-adoption-ban/#ixzz2Nq8GmWCo

29. Francis Charms Crowd on First Sunday as Pope

         Elisabetta Povoledo, in this article, writes about appearance of new papa on Sunday and about people's attitude towards him. In first paragraphs, Povoledo describes his appearance and what was said and done by him on that day. He appeared from the papal apartment overlooking St.Peter's Square, and there were about 200,000 people crowded for his first Angelus. That day, the pope talked about God's power to forgive and gave an example of a woman, in which he showed to the crowd that he had humorous style. Then the author, quotes some important people in Catholic religion, to inform the readers, people's opinions and attitudes toward this new pope. For an instance, she quotes Eric Trochet, a priest from Brittany who says that the pope's way of expressing himself is “a kind of simplicity that is very wise and necessary because people today don’t understand the symbols and traditions of the church.” Besides that, closes up the article by quoting Sister Maria del Rosario of the Sisters of Christian Charity who expresses her hopes of future, saying that she has great hope that the pope will be able to renew faith of many. 

       The purpose of the author in this article is simply to inform the readers about the appearance of papa on Sunday and about people's attitude towards him. To make this article effective, she uses several rhetorical devices and many patterns of writing. She chooses dictions in such a way that by reading this article, we can see that this was not written only to the Catholics, because for every catholic word, the writer gives a definition of it, so that everyone can understand. Besides that, she quotes people that have an important role in the Catholic religion to support her argument, which helps her appeal to the reader's ethos. In addition to them, she uses several patterns of writtings, such as narrative and descriptive. By mixing up some patterns, the article doesn't get monotonous and makes it entertaining to read. 

29. Why Overheard Cell Phone Conversations Are So Annoying

http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/14/why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/?iid=hl-main-lead

      This article, by Alexandra Sifferlin, covers an interesting topic.  Apparently when someone hears only one side of a conversation, it can be much more distracting than hearing both sides.  A test showed how people hearing one side of a conversation from someone on a cell phone was much different than hearing two people actually talking.  This article shows how when people talk on a cell phone, they feel as if their conversation is totally private and do not realize how uncomfortable people around them feel.

       This article is nicely crafted.  It is small, but includes enough detail for the subject that it presents.  It is to the point and not boring, which is a good quality in a news article.  Alexandra Sifferlin is really good at coming up with catchy titles that grab a readers attention.  I suppose that is one reason why I read so many of her articles.  She puts good effort into her work and the finished product is always interesting, this article included.

29. Earth Hour Is a Colossal Waste of Time—And Energy

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/project_syndicate/2013/03/earth_hour_is_all_wrong_we_need_more_electricity_not_less.html

On March 17^th, Bjørn Lomborg wrote an article criticizing the efforts done for Earth Hour by pointing out its misconceptions and then he goes further in suggesting what would be better. To show how futile Earth Hour is, Lomborg starts out with a statistic which says that if everyone turned off their lights for one hour, it would be the same as China interrupting its CO2 emissions for only about 4 minutes. If a small decrease in energy consumption occurs, it does not mean that less electricity is being put into the electric network and even if the demand is lowered for a longer time, CO2 emissions may decease during that time, but “it will be offset by the surge from firing up coal or gas stations to restore electricity supplies afterward”. Lomborg said that Earth Hour indirectly tells people that electricity is bad when it actually improved the lives of billions of people by irrigating fields, keeping people warm, keeping food refrigerated, and in many other ways. Towards the end, he says that to make the production of electricity more environmentally friendly, “we should abandon the old-fashioned policy of subsidizing unreliable solar and wind—a policy that has failed for 20 years, and that will fail for the next 22[– and] focus on inventing new, more efficient green technologies to outcompete fossil fuels”.

The author’s purpose was to persuade his readers that Earth Hour is something that is not effective in achieving what it was intended to do. Bjørn Lomborg explains why it is actually worse than if it were carried out by millions of people since more CO2 will be released as a result of that. He used many statistics and information from respected companies to support his theories about the results of Earth Hour and used many examples to show how electricity is something to be cherished, not frowned upon. In addition, Lomborg also uses statistics to persuade his readers that solar and wind powered electricity is not a good way to go if people want to improve global electricity production efficiency. He says that it is expensive, unreliable, and only a really small percentage of all electric energy is produced through these means.

29. Scholarly Poor Overlooking Better Colleges

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.html?hp&_r=0

             David Leonhardt, the author of the New York Times article "Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor," talks about a very strange pattern: low-income students who have very high test scores and grades are not applying to the top best colleges. This is due to the nation's economic inequality and unbalance and because college graduates have a higher income than nongraduates. Only 34% of the higher academic high school students are attending the country's best colleges while high income high school students have gone to the most selective colleges. The author also includes how colleges have failed to bring in economically diverse students like they had planned. Most top low income students are now applying and attending small, community colleges next to their homes. The problem with that is that local colleges sometimes fail to provide the best academic resources for talented students and sometimes many do not graduate or if they do, they sometimes miss out on the best career opportunities that the top colleges offer. A new study showed that students from rural areas tend not to apply to huge, selective colleges.
              The author of this article used several rhetorical devices in his writing. The author's purpose is mostly informative and in some way it is persuasive: the author wants elite colleges to start recruiting low income students who have high academic grades. The author's tone is neutral but later develops into a very negative and critical tone. The author uses a cause and effect structure; the cause is that top low income students are not applying to the best colleges and the effect is that now top colleges are missing out in the diversity. The author uses a very ironic tone by saying that colleges have once promised to increase economic diversity of the students but has "failed to do so." The author includes numerous quotes from reliable sources and uses examples and statistics from credible people like professors from top elite colleges. The author says that the pattern is bringing about many consequences; the top low income students are losing opportunities because of their financial problems.

29. “Modern chicken has no flavor” — let’s make it in a lab

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/17/modern_chicken_has_no_flavor_lets_make_it_in_a_lab/

On March 17, 2013, Melanie Warner posted an article called "'Modern chicken has no flavor" -- let's make it in a lab." In this article, Warner informs reader about how the fast foods can preserve a favorable taste that customers like to eat. She starts out by revealing a fact which shows that half of the additives in food are flavorings. She, then. lists the many examples of the additives and show how they make the food seem more appealing. Furthermore, Warner shows that natural and inexpensive food are, normally, very bad tasting. Not only a bad taste, but also horrible aroma. She refers to industries, which admit that they do put a lot of preservatives into their food, so that it can sell better. Warner continues her article by listing industries, which work on covering the natural food's aroma through "potions." She, later, shows a personal experience where she shows how she prefers a chicken, which is flavored than natural because the natural chicken does not have any special taste. She, then shows different food which are processed and brings out their real flavor. She shows various examples, which shows the different ways people can modify food and its flavor to attract people.

Warner's purpose in writing this article is to reveal to the audience, which are people interested in their health, about the preservatives in food. She wants to show that most of the fast foods have many chemicals, which give natural flavors and artificial flavors. To accomplish her purpose, she uses a lot of exemples throughout her article. She also refers to real life industries which helps her article seem more credible. Warner does a good job in grabbing the reader's attention in he beginning of the article by stating a fascinating fact, then she continues on by referring to fast food. All these factors help her make the article seem more interesting and worth reading. Her article is about health and food, so her diction is mostly scientific, containing many names of preservatives. To make her article even more convincing, she shows a real life experience and examples of how food are modified. Warner is able to show that people nowadays can't only rely on natural flavored food, but need to have some food which are chemically modified with additives.

29.Millions of Young Girls Forced Into Marriage

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130313-child-brides-marriage-women-sinclair-photography/?source=hp_dl3_news_child_brides_2130314

Ever Since photographer Stephanie Sinclair started working for the Chicago Tribune, she has been sent to Iraq to cover the start of a war. After moving to Iraq she became a freelancer photographer and in 2009 became a full member of VII , contributing regularly to National Geographic , she is known for speaking uo for child brides. through her works of documenting child marriage for over a decade has raised awareness and helped get rid of the ignorance of the world's citizens and leaders.Due to large poverty and cultural traditions such marriages are arranged by family memebrs but, "the physical and emotional consequences can be life shattering, even fatal." Its is known that one our of nine girls in developing countries are getting married before reaching the age 15. According to United Nations, if nothing changese by 2020 there will be about 14.2 millions of girls per year becoming a child bride. It has to be acknowledged that these young brides are getting married against their will, they also have dreams of having a normal life, receiving education, playing with friends and have a full adolescence. Not just that but these marriages gets  rid of these girl's innocence. child marriage also involves other serious cases that should be solves such as poverty, disease, maternal morality rates, infant morality and violence against women. As the speaker of CSW says , "Let's be honest, when an eight-year-old has sex with a 20-something-year old, that's rape. It is child rape. It's something we cannot be okay with." it is serious , it's not something to be looked at so lightly. approaches are need to adress these issues young brides are facing. such as education, young girld should be kept in school as long as they can and have to right to. It is essential to find a way to help young girls that are already brides, giving financial incentitives to ask families to allow these girls to continue their schooling educations and provide them with vocacional training so that they can have more say in their lives. especially providing them with quality medical treatments for young girls giving birth at the age of 14. these poor girls are needing a long term solution in their lives. a female Yemen Gynecologists said , "When the girls in your country are at the beginning of their lives, the girls in our country are at the end of their lives." Inspired by Stephanie Sinclair the voices of these young brides have been heard and due to her documentation, there are many organizations and growing movements aiming to end child marriage.

This article clearly bring out the worst of our society of young girls at the age of 8 having unwanted relationship with 20 something year old man. The autor of the article describes well what Stephanie Sinclair promotes in her documentations of these young brides. the autor does a good job of representing the voice that Sinclair wants to be for these girls. He makes sure to put in quotations on what people of importance says about this issues he compares how the girls that are victims in these cases lives to girls who have a normal healthy adolescence and how this problem is leading into bigger issues that could be resolved by only being able to solve young brides marriages. He cleary stated out the point that Sinclair wanted to share and states all the ways in which this issue could be set such as giving them financial provisions and especially mentioning the health issues these girls are put up with. Overall the author did a outstading job on presenting who Stephanie Sinclair is and what she wanted to show through her documentation and interview , pulled everything together in a simple and direct manner.

29. "Smart, Poor Kids are Applying to the Wrong Colleges"

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/03/undermatching_half_of_the_smartest_kids_from_low_income_households_don_t.html

Matthew Yglesias wrote an article to Slate on March 11, 2013. Ygkesias talks about how their is a big difference between wealthy and poor teens when applying to college. Every high school student, when trying to get into college, has to do several things such as filling out application, visit colleges, get letters of recommendation, write essays, and submit their grades along with test scores. Also every student has a "safety" college and a "reach" one. So in the end, students apply to a minimum of 4 schools, usually. However Stanford's economic department tells us that poor kids are different than the average one. Most high-achieving students who score in the top 10 percent come from wealthy families, 34 comes from the top quartile, 27 comes from the next quartile. High-income students usually apply to schools they know they will get into and also to reach schools, such as Harvard. However low-income students apply only to one school and it is below their level. Very few students apply to reach schools like the high-income students. What the low-income students do not realize is that most selective schools are looking for low-income students with strong test scores who live in the area of the school. Colleges don't seem to realize how many high-achieving low-income students they are missing. State governments could also help by targeting top-performing students who do not have a lot of money because each year only 10,000 to 20,000 high-achieving students do not go to a good college not because they can not afford it but because they do not realize they should apply as Yglesias mentioned.

The purpose of this article is to inform the readers how America can be missing out in great future delegates, lawyers  or doctors by not showing them that they can go to a great college even if they come from a poor family. The diction of the author is strong and very serious, as this is a serious topic and people need to take into consideration what is happening with America in the future. Yglesias makes it clear that this is not a subject to play around with. His thesis is strong along with his arguments. Yglesias did a good job on this topic and opening his readers eyes to what is going on right now when dealing with colleges.

28. Breast-Feeding May Not Lead to Leaner Children

Nicholas Bakalar disproves the popular belief that breast-feeding children leads to leaner children. He does this by citing data from a study that was carried out in 31 different hospitals. The experiment had two groups: children who were breast-fed and children who were not. The researchers followed the children through age 11 and found that there was no difference in height, weight, or fat percentage between the two groups.

With this, the author is able to prove that the previously assumed theory is likely false.

28. Judge Blocks Mayor Bloomberg's Ban on Large Sodas

http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/11/nyc_large_soda_ban_state_judge_blocks_mayor_bloomberg_s_ban_on_large_sodas.html

Josh Voorhees wrote an article on the afternoon of March 11, about the new proposal the supreme court carried out. It states that any restaurant in New York City, can not sell drinks larger then the 16-ounce limit. Voorhees states though, that only non-diet sodas and energy drinks apply to this rule, fruit juices, milk-based drinks, or alcoholic beverages where not included. He also states, that just like every other "law," there is always a loophole. You can still get your super sized drinks at 7-eleven and many other convenience stories. Voorhees ends his article saying that the mayor's office has yet to appeal in the ruling.

In this article Voorhees uses a lot of allusions, but not straight, he talks about the famous New York City, and the new ruling that it is going through. He also talks about the mayor and how he his office has to appeal. His diction is a little weak throughout the article. He doesn't have a straight thesis and has weak argument, he just states what the new law the supreme court is passing, and doesn't show any emotions, maybe he does not live in New York so its not applicable to him. Voorhees article is very short, but he does offer a solution; to those that need that extra large drink, or a loophole that allows you to have your drink in any size you want.

28. What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don't

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/what-teens-get-about-the-internet-that-parents-dont/273852/

Mimi Ito's article, "What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don't" asserts that although adults usually have a negative view of the internet, the children and young people of today's generation are more stressed and restricted than of others and the internet can allow them to find relief by freely learning what they wish to. Ito uses an example of her own daughter learning the guitar through the internet as an example through out her argument. She appeals to her own credibility by speaking from a mother's point of view of what she wants for her own child for her good. Ito asserts that the present youth generation are suffering in many ways from pressure to do well and succeed in school and work while there is so much competition and financial difficulties. She also uses President Obama's state of the union address about the task for "rising tuition costs and their failure to foster skills that connect young people to job opportunity" as a supporting evidence to her point about the bad economic realities and colleges without "career-relevant learning." Graduating from college does not guarantee a job for the young people either. The teens are oppressed by stress, pressure and the busy schedule of courses all "mapped out for them in advance." However, with the internet, these teens have the opportunity to develop skills they are interested in without pressure, like Ito's daughter learns to play guitar from YouTube videos.

Mimi Ito intends this article mainly for adults who mostly have negative views of the internet with teenagers. Her purpose is to widen their view of the use of internet that it could be used greatly for the good of the young people's educational life. Ito recognizes the troubles in the lives of today's young people and their education that even causes social problems as drug abuse and depression and aims to notify the general audience about the issue in order to spread the concern which could arouse more inclination to do something about it.

28. "Soon, You Might Be Able to Sell Your Old Ebooks

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/03/08/amazon_apple_file_patents_to_let_customers_buy_and_sell_used_digital_content.html

Charles Pulliam-Moore wrote an article to Slate on March 8, 2013. As electronics such as IPads and IPhones continue to get bigger and bigger, Apple and Amazon are debating whether to have a site where you can sell your used electronics with the stuff you had on it, such as books or games. Apple would create this site to facilitate the resale of their old products. Users would also be able to transfer ownership so the new owner will be able to use everything on it as if it were his. Also, just as old books, ebooks would be considered the same thing. This new system would attract more costumers to Apple and Amazon. Moore said that in creating a used digital store, Apple would provide an easier, safer, quicker alternative to pirating media, and empower its users to move more freely within its digital walled garden.

Moore's purpose in writing this article was not only to inform readers about a new possibility Apple can be providing to their costumers dealing with used objects, but also to persuade readers to use Apple instead of Android. Moore provided the reader with many details as to what exactly is happening and how they are planning to do it. Moore researched this article well. After a person that has Android or neither Android or Apple, this article makes the person choose Apple.

28. Pilot Reports Drone Sighting by JFK Airport. Get Used to It.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/03/05/fbi_investigating_pilot_report_of_drone_sighting_by_jfk_airport.html

A journalist for Slate Magazine, Ryan Gallagher wrote the article "Pilot Reports Drone Sighting by JFK Airport. Get Used to It," on March 5th. In it, Gallagher referred to an Alitalia pilot who claimed to have seen an unamed aircraft dangerously flying over another passanger plane in New York City. The pilot's claim was further validated by the reports of an FAA spokeswoman who indeed affirmed with a lot of detail that the pilot had seen a drone hovering near the JFK Airport. In the following paragraph, Gallagher referenced to the FAA regulations and explained how it was common to see drones flying around without approval, as long as they abided by some specific rules, one of which included being "flown a sufficient distance from populated areas." According to the FBI, however, the drone did not seem to conform to this, as it was said it came as close as 200 feet next to an Alitalia passenger plane. The author did not forget to specify the kind of plane it was - the aircraft looked like it was some kind of "radio-controlled plane used for recreational purposes," instead of a Predator or Reaper. Gallagher provided additional information regarding where unamed aerial vehicles were being tested (Syracuse air base and border zones in Arizona and Texas) and that it would not have been permitted for drones to be hovering over New York, much less the JFK Airport.

The article's primary purpose was to inform about an abnormal occurance in the state of New York. The organization of the article was effective in portraying the author's stand in the issue discussed. Gallagher introduced the main point of the article in the first paragraph, and further supported the pilot's claim with evidence from a witness, whose assertion provided details of the situation. At this point, it must have been anticipated for the audience to be shocked and opposed to the event described. The author abated the situation by explaining it was acceptable for drones to be flown without approval under certain restrictions, but noted that it was wrong for the drone to not have conformed to one of the regulations. This neutralization conveyed the author's unbiased stand on the issue. The diction used throughout the article was mostly formal and casual, with a few aircraft related vocabulary in a few parts. Gallagher alluled to several past events which made it easier for the audience to recognize and understand the passage clearly.

28. Hostage Killings a New, Dangerous Turn for Nigeria

http://world.time.com/2013/03/10/italy-says-7-foreign-hostages-killed-in-nigeria/

Seven foreign hostages in Nigeria were killed by radical Islamic fighters. Sunday, European diplomats said it was the worst kidnapping violence in decades. The Nigerian police, military, presidency, and domestic spy service have remained silent of the killings. The silence has led to people wondering about the countries inability to stop deadly attacks such as shootings, church bombings, and an attack on the United Nations. The victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Greece, Italy, and Britain. According to Britain and Italy, all seven were taken from the Setrapo construction company compound. They were said to be killed by a little known splinter group of the Islamic sect called Ansaru. Britain, Italy, and Greece have cried out against the killings. The gunmen appeared to be organized and knew who they wanted to target. Ansaru said it killed the hostages partially because of local Nigerian journalists reporting the arrival of British military aircraft to Bauchi. The U.K. Defense Ministry said that the planes it flew to Abuja ferried Nigerian troops and equipment to Bamako, Mali. Nigerian soldiers have been sent to Mali to help French forces and Malian troops battle Islamic extremists. Ansaru also blamed the killings on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s pledge to do “everything possible” to free the hostages. Nigerian authorities have not yet commented publicly about Ansaru’s claim. The nation’s security forces are still unable to stop the guerrilla campaign of bombings, shootings, and kidnappings across the north of the country. The majority of attacks have been blamed on Boko Haram, a group that grew from the remains of a sect that sparked a riot as well as a security crackdown in Nigeria in 2009. Ansaru, which some analysts believe split from Boko Haram in January 2012, has seemed to be focusing more on Western targets. Analysts say there closer links to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and cares more about international issues, as opposed to Boko Haram’s which is largely local grievances. Much still remains unknown about Ansaru. They have communicated through short, sometimes muddled online statements.

 

Author Jon Gambrell uses his article to inform of terrorist attacks in foreign nations. He retells the events of how the Ansaru probably captured their hostages. Responses from nations the nations involved were given as well. Gambrell highlights past events, like the attacks of Boko Haram, to give insight on the problems Nigeria has faced and where the Ansaru group might have come from. There are quite a few speculations in this article. At the end of the article Gambrell recalls the worst violence that targeted foreign workers in a 1960s civil war.

28. How Our Web Searches Could Expose Drug Side Effects

http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/07/how-our-web-searches-could-expose-drug-side-effects/?iid=hl-main-lead


     Researches from Stanford University School of Medicine and Microsoft Research began searching for new symptoms of drug usage among the public.  One way that they assumed people may vent drugged symptoms could be through the internet.  With 6 million internet using volunteers, the researchers began their...research.  They went through many histories, trying to find connections between people and their histories to other people.  Through their research, the research team discovered a connection between an anti-depressant called paroxetine (Paxil) and a colesteral lowering medicine called pravastatin (Pravachol).  The article also brings up an interesting use of Facebook, in which you can use a search to see if you have caught the flu from any of your friends.

     Overall, this article is a bit random.  Like many of Alexandra Sifferlin's articles, the diction in this one is fairly common and familiar, no big words aside from medicines and drugs.  It does not really stay on one topic, but kind of bounces from one to another.  The catchy title is quick to catch an eye, but the pieces falling afterward do not really give a clear answer to the question that the title implants in the reader's mind.

28. Meet Memoto, the Lifelogging Camera

In this article Jenna Wortham writes about a new camera Memoto that has recently been introduced to the public. First, to draw the readers' attention, the writer compares Memoto to other cameras and devices that are in the stores nowadays. People take pictures of the most memorables moments of their lives such as vacations and weddings and share them in instagram and facebook, but Memoto takes pictures of things in between them. It is a small, square-shaped device that snaps pictures at 30 second intervals, and it turns off when it is dark. Wortham even quotes one of the founders of the company, to give more detailed descriptions about the new invention: "“It’s not only the stuff you thought you would want to remember like beautiful sunsets, elaborate dinners and rambunctious nights out with friends". It uploads photos via Wi-Fi into a companion application, and the company is planning to improve the device in many aspects in the future. To end the article, the writer gives an additional description of its design and mentions Mr. Kallstrom's belief that "the protocol for when to capture and when to share will evolve naturally, as more devices like his migrate into the mainstream."

The purpose of this article is to inform the public about the new invention of a camera, that is different from all others. In addition to that, even though it is not explicitly shown, the writer seems to be informing that the technology is advancing rapidly. To do that, Wortham uses several rhetorical devices and different patterns of writting. He not only uses description pattern to describe the device, but uses contrast-comparison to compare other cameras and the new invention. Besides that, he uses dictions that are easy and familiar to the readers. He does not use professional words, but writes about things that everyone can understand and agree, such as facebook and instagram. He also quotes people from the Memoto company, and this appeals to the reader's ethos, credibility.