11.Russian court will hear Pussy Riot appeal

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/30/russian_court_will_here_pussy_riot_appeal/

Natasha Lennard writes about the process of the polemic issue of the Pussy Riot's members imprisionment after their guerilla performance on February. She opens the article informing the reader about the court appearance that will happen next Monday. Lennard then informs the reader with some background of the women's arrest. Following the background information is the perspective of the world toward this imprisionment: "as a symbol of repression and authoritarianism in Putin’s Russia." She closes the article with a hopeless tone, mentioning one of the women's father and his opinion and expectations for Monday's trial.

Lennard's intentions with this article are to inform the reader not only about the court appearence the Pussy Riot members will attend on the first of October, but also to call attention to these antique, non-democratic Russian way to deal with modern issues. Although the author doesn't explicitly shares her opinion on the author, the hopeless, critical tone along with testimonials from the victim's parents and the sharing of the world's "not-so-positive" wordlview show her disapproval of the Russian government's attitudes. 

11. Real-Life 'Law and Order' Move: 'Innocence of Muslims' Filmmaker Arrested for Violating Probation

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/real-life-law-and-order-move-innocence-of-muslims-filmmaker-arrested-for-violating-probation/263017/

After the infamous Innocence of Muslims went viral, the questions of who the creator of the film is might be revealed. Some people believe that the charges on Nikoula Basseley Nakoula, as the film maker is being called, will not stand in court. However, Nakoula’s legal record is being looked at and it is possible he has violated probation on an earlier bank fraud conviction by posting the video and using a fake name. Around September 27 law enforcement officials arrested him. Now he is awaiting trial.

The writer, Emily Chertoff, gives a timeline of the incident starting from the trailer becoming more popular around July 2012 to September 27 when the man was arrested. The purpose of this article is to give a re-run on the events of this story and to inform on the latest happenings. Chertoff also tells some about how the events have been rather tricky since doing anything to the man could be seen as suppressing freedom of speech. She also uses

11. As Apple’s Maps Stumbles, AOL’s MapQuest Flourishes

In this article, the technology reporter Jenna Wortham talks about the problem faced by the new Iphone 5. It is the Map application that had problems with its inaccuracy and shortcomings. It brought frustration of numerous of people, however, at the same time it brought benefits for another GPS application called Mapquest. As the consumers of Iphone 5 increased, number of people using Mapquest also increased into 17 millions. In addition to that, many of Android users also use this application. The writer says that it is a unlikely victory of the comapany, since there are so many other companies. Then she ends the article how people use this application: print for parents, to drive to a party, to drive to some other places, etc...

The purpose of this article is not only to inform that the Iphone 5 is having this problem that is increasing the usage of other applications especially the Mapquest, but the author is also trying to make the readers notice the huge effect that apple is having on all of the technology markets, by showing how one application that is not working in the Iphone 5 can increase the usage of another application in a huge scale. 

11. Debates Can Help Turn The Table

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/us/politics/using-debates-to-turn-electoral-tide-difficult-but-not-impossible.html?hp&_r=0

          In his political memo "Debates Can Shift a Race's Outcome, but It's Not Easy," John Harwood basically tries to say that using electoral debates can help win the race. He starts out his article by saying how in presidential debates, the candidates show their skills of putting down their opponents while trying to better their own reputation and self-image. He then states a specific example: Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama. He then presents another example: in 2004, John Kerry had dented George Bush's campaign by claiming that Saddam Hussein had not attacked the Americans but actually Osama Bin Laden. In 1980, Ronald Reagan had accused Jimmy Carter of being an extremist and that helped the race tilt towards his victory. 

           The author in this story uses a series of ways to show how debates have had an impact in the outcome of races. He uses specific times in which debates have helped one candidate to win. The strongest of these examples was when John F. Kennedy's cool appearance contrasted with Richard M. Nixon's haggard appearance. Also, A debate in Texas with George W. Bush against Al Gore really changed the outcome of the race after voters saw Gore's impatient and unprepared image. Voters basically thought he lost in the debates and that was what basically turned the table in the elections and made Bush win. 

11. Green Buildings: Boost Business and Neighborhoods

http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/bank-of-america/archive/2012/08/green-buildings-boost-business-and-neighborhoods/261011

David Winzelberg wrote to the Atlantic on August 14th about the positive aspects of green technology not only to the environment but to the economy as well. Winzelberg uses a statistic of the “total footprint of commercial projects certified under its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building program” to illustrate his point that more people are starting to use eco-friendly technology. He then gives examples of these new technologies used to decrease costs such as “roof gardens, systems that recycle a building's heat and water, solar panels.” He explains how this improves the economy by saying that companies that manufacture or install these sustainable energy devices have increased production. Green building has also provided many more jobs (nearly 8 million) and has contributed to the U.S. GDP by 554 billion dollars. It has also has decreased the numbers of “absenteeism” by improving the workspace of many people and thus increasing productivity in companies. Winzelberg ends saying that the LEED has expanded development to whole communities from individual buildings.

The author’s purpose in the article was to inform his readers that green technologies have improved businesses from large to small scales. Simply by writing about the positive effects of ecological ideas, the author seems to be promoting the adoption of such measures to protect the environment as well as to boost the economy. Winzelberg writes in short paragraphs and alternates with long and short sentences making the essay easy to read. He divides each positive in their own paragraph and uses clear transition words to indicate change of topic. The tone seems formal without any contractions, personal pronouns, slang or expressions and the text is straightforward except for the end where it advertises for the Bank of America by saying its donation for the LEED program.

11. When Should Aging Drivers Hand Over the Keys?

http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/27/when-should-aging-drivers-hand-over-the-keys/

               Aged men a women, no matter how nice, do not like being told went to stop driving.  They tend to protest.  There are many wrecks that occur because of senior citizens behind the wheel; usually they are the one at fault concerning the wreck.  Even so, these people do not want to lose this right to drive, saying things like “I have never had a wreck” and other things.  They cannot fathom how they would endure without driving.

                Doctors, usually, do not know whether their patient is physically, or more mentally, able to drive.  As people age, their reflexes become feeble.  Doctors, many of them at least, do not usually run tests to see where their patient is mentally.

                This is a very interesting article, written by Associated Press.  It focuses on procedures used by doctors to tell if their patient should be driving and the risks of over-aged drivers.  It brings up statistics and has quotes used to support its idea, should old people drive?

                I found this very interesting due to my own grandparents, who are well up in age, driving.  It always scares me to think about it.  This brought up some interesting things to think about, personally and solely educationally.  It is an article with a strong message and purpose.

11. Is Anorexia a Cultural Disease?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/09/what_causes_anorexia_and_bulimia_new_eating_disorder_research_says_it_s_not_a_cultural_disease_.html


On September 27, Slate Magazine's freelance science writer Carrie Arnold wrote about anorexia explained whether or not it was a cultural disease. She introduced the article by talking about her own experience with anorexia, how it affected her, and why she refused to eat- simply because she "wanted to feel better." As she lay in the hospital bed, hooked onto IV treatments, Arnold studied anorexia and eventually wrote a book that talked about anorexia was,  and what were the causes of it. Next, she included results from a surveys made in 2000 and in 2006. These showed that eating disorders were caused by genetics, environmental factors, infections, and other factors unique to individuals.

Carrie's purpose in her article was to inform readers eating disorders were not solely caused by the culture- they were also caused by individuals' own desire and ambition to feel and look better. Midway through the article, she put in her own viewpoints about the media, and what she thought about it when she said "Frankly, I think the Barney's creation of Skinny Minnie and her newly svelte compatriots is ridiculous. They look absurd and freakish. I think we should be aware of and speak out against the thin body ideal..." Furthermore, to prove her point that culture was not the main cause of anorexia in individuals, she included evidence from studies made in 2000 and in 2006. In the last paragraph, she restated her thesis, and said eating disorders were "illnesses that ruin lives."

11. How to Keep Computer Screens From Destroying Your Eyes

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/how-to-keep-computer-screens-from-destroying-your-eyes/263005/

In Lindsay Abram's article, "How to Keep Computer Screens From Destroying Your Eyes", she suggests computer users some hints to protect their eyes while they use the computer. She starts the article by stating that having a bad posture, while you are in front of the computer, may lead to several types of injuries. Abram uses a study which shows that people's eyes will feel pain and have worse vision after using their phone or computer for a long period of time. She then lists several suggestions to avoid the eye pain and bad vision. Abram talks about the posture, the distance, the lighting, and all the points in which people can work with. She also have pictures in her article which shows the appropriate posture to use the phone and the computer, and a graph which shows how many hours a normal person use their devices.

Abram's purpose for writing this article is to help the computer users who are affected  by these kind of pains and other injuries. She shows that there are many points which can help people, especially those who work by using the computer and stays in front of it for more than 5 hours. This article is directed to these people, so that they won't be feeling pain because of their work. Abram is suggesting that it is possible to protect people's eyes through many different ways. 

11. Even the Smell of Cigarettes Changes How We Use Public Spaces

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/09/smokers-and-battle-public-space/3423/

Nate Berg, writer at the Atlantic, discusses a recently published study by Qian Hui Tan and claims that an unfavorable scent from a person gives negative impacts on people's perception of them and changes the way public spaced is used around them. To introduce the issue, Berg quotes Bill Hicks, a comedian who pointed out the conflict of non-smokers complaining that "the cigarettes are poisoning the air." Smoking policies of Singapore is used to exemplify segregated areas of smokers and nonsmokers, the cause of cigarette smell in public. The original reason for the segregation was inspired not by "health concerns but by social and aesthetic ones." Berg cites interviews from Tan's research and indicates that smokers are often "made to feel unclean or burdensome on those around them." The ways of trying to reduce this impact on their peers is to eliminate or avoid the cigarette smell by "smoking downwind," "keeping more space from people after smoking," and such. Nonsmokers who were interviewed also asserted that the smell or odor of the cigarette was what bothered them.

Berg's purpose of this article is to inform that the smell can greatly impact one's social image and the attitudes received from the peers in public spaces. He intends this message for his audience of smokers and nonsmokers who use public spaces and implies the advice to maintain clean-smelling personal habits for a better success in the city life.

A Suicide Gone Viral

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/09/fox_news_car_chase_suicide_video_was_buzzfeed_wrong_to_post_it_on_youtube_.html

Will Oremus Slate staff writer, wrote an essay on September 28th informing the audience that Fox News committed  a mistake in airing a live suicide and how BuzzFeed decided to share it to the world on youtube after knowing what was being showed. He also explains how horrible it was for BuzzFeeds to re-post the video, just in case the audience didn't catch it the first time. He goes on to show some Twitter messages, showing how Fox News was really sorry for accidentally posting the suicide, and said "We really messed up." while BuzzFeeds immediately posted it on Youtube and got more then 1,00 likes. Oremus has a very sorry and terrified tone of voice when writing, he has a sorry voice as he talk about how sorry Fox News is but a terrified and horrified tone when talking about how outrageous BuzzFeeds posted the live suicide, as if to say "Wasn't id bad enough the first time?" Oremus ends his essay explaining once again how Fox News did not know that they would be airing a soon to be suicide, but in contract he says; in a very unpleasant and disappointed tone, that BuzzFeeds knew exactly what they were posting.

Oremus writes this article in a unpleasant and disappointed tone towards BuzzFeeds, for their unprofessional way of posting the live suicide video on youtube so that those who did not see the suicide the first time could see it. He also says in a very blissful tone of voice on how Fox News not only stopped the news immediately and went to commercials, but they also said sorry to all those who were watching. He shows a greater disappointment in BuzzFeeds and a respect for Fox News and showed how in the same situation, the difference in attitudes.

11. "Apple Apologizes for Misstep on Maps"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/technology/apple-apologizes-for-misstep-on-maps.html?ref=business&_r=0

Nick Wingfield wrote an article on September 28th on the millions of people were extremely irritated with Apple´s new mobile maps. All of the routes and directions were wrong. Even the Washington Monument was on the wrong side of the street. Apple´s chief, Timothy D. Cook, released an apologitic letter to the customers about their misguided maps. Their map problems was quite embarrassing for Apple since everything they release is close to perfect. Apple said that the reason for their maps was because they could no longer afford to rely Google, their biggest rival as of now. The people's sadness towards Apple shows how maps on a phone are so important today in the world. Apple is known for paying close attention to detail, but has always had trouble when it comes to relying on internet services. This problem the company is facing can turn even bigger since their competitors  Android phone software, has the advantage in this area. Many people look to blame Mr. Cook since he is now the owner of Apple. And former employees of Apple reinforce that the company rarely paid close attention to the Internet aspect of the phone. Google and Apple had a very good relationship up until Google began making Android like apps for their phones. In 2008, Apple had to deal with a huge embarrassment when their MobilMe did not work the way it was suppose to. As Mr. Jobs previously stated, "the MobilMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services." After that incident, Apple felt like they needed to get out of Google. Leslie Grandy, a former Apple manager who ran its online store, said it had been challenging for Apple to rapidly develop new and better versions of its services to compete with Internet-focused rivals.

Wingfield talks about an interesting topic that would catch the eye of many people just because it deals with Apple. He talks about the Apple-Goggle relationship and how it has changed over the years. This helps the reader understand why Apple wanted to take a separate stance to the reliability with Google Maps. Although Apple has let down many people across the world with their maps, they are not going to stop from bettering themselves. 

11 ? is giving birth easier for other animals?

according to the article it depends on the animals, the size of the head, the enviornment and the narrow maternal hips and mammals have the tendency to feel more pain,, except for dolphins who have labor quite easily. the size of the fetus relative to the mothers size contribute rather the pain will be instense. but giving birth to larger offsprings tends to be more dangerous and risky, and most of the nonhuman mammals tend to give birth in hiding to avoid predators in their vulnerable moment. even though facial expressions change when birds lay eggs but its still very unclear what they feel and depending on the animal their way to show distress differs.

 this author is informing us something that all livings things have in common which is reproducing and how others animals feel about having labor and it shows how it is a normal procedure and how some animals feel it more then others it just gives and example.

10.Deadly Attack in Libya Was Major Blow to C.I.A. Efforts

       On September 23, an article written by Eric Schmitt was published which talked about an attack in Libya which severely slowed down CIA progress in collecting information. The author talks in a straight forward tone and describes the attack with words as "catastrophic" to show how damaging it was. The local militia named Ansar al-Sharia is suspected to have carried out the attacks.
       The author used imagery and description to illustrated the seriousness of the incident as well as accounts of military personal who were there at the time. His main purpose was to inform his audience about an incident that took place in Libya and how it has put stress on CIA operations there.

10. Your Kid Won’t Eat His Vegetables? Give Them a Spiffy New Name

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/22/your-kid-wont-eat-his-vegetables-give-them-a-spiffy-new-name/?iid=nf-article-mostpop1

It seems that making vegetables sound exciting will help kids eat them. This form sly marketing works for junk food so it could be worthwhile to try marketing healthy foods. According to a study by Comell University, giving the vegetables more exciting names like “Tiny Tasty Tree Tops” or “X-Ray Vision Carrots” could ensure that 1,000 elementary aged kids in seven New York schools will eat twice as many vegetables than they would normally. Brian Wansink, a marketing professor and director of the Comell Food and Brand Lab, told ABC News that it is not really hard. Children exposed to funny named vegetable brands ate 66 percent of their vegetables.

The author, Tim Newcomb, uses this article to inform readers. He tells about new ways people are trying to get children to eat healthier. He uses quotes from people working on developing new strategies to get kids to eat vegetables. Newcomb shows some examples of the new and more exciting brand names.

10. The iPhone 5 Is the Greatest Smartphone Ever. Don't Buy It.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/09/iphone_5_review_apple_s_smartphone_is_the_best_yet_but_do_you_really_need_one_.html

        On September 21, Will Oremus, wrote about the new IPhone 5 he had just bought. He used the amazing qualities it has to make the reader impressed with the new technology of the phone. He described the new apps, the improved maps and other amazing features. Then, he told us that he used to have an IPhone 3 and that he could clearly see the difference between both cellphone. Mr. Oremus persuaded the reader to think that he was going to write about how wonderful the new IPhone was, but then he came with the last paragraphs, most readers were probably surprised.

        At the end of the article, the writer switches from saying only good and amazing things about the IPhone, to saying people should not buy it. He talks about how dangerous it is to have a whole world in your hands, who people can do anything with the IPhone 5 and that is not always a good thing. Oremus also talks about how having a good phone can take up too much of people's life and keep them from enjoying some of the best things in life. So the reader, at the end of the article can conclude that IPhone are great but not as great as some other really important things in life, and that people most definitely can live without them.  

10.Study: Marijuana prevents spread of cancer

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/23/study_marijuana_prevents_spread_of_cancer/

Kristen Gwynne writes for The Salon on September 23rd about a research made over a Marijuana compound and its effects against cells containing cancer causing genes. She starts the article by saying
how a non-toxic marijuana compoud might be able to stop mesastasis in aggressive cancer. Then, she talks about Pierre Desprez and Sean McAllister, who were the heads of this intense research, and gives an overview of their discovery process, how they mixed CBD (cannabidiol) with cells containing high levels of ID-1, the cancer-causing gene. They observed the ID-1 cells stopped spreading and concluded: "this cannabidiol could essentially ‘turn off’ the ID-1.” A little more information about their project is given, such as their start with breast-cancer research, and how their experiment is now gone to laboratory testing with animals, and will later run a clinical trial in humans. Gwynne closes the article by saying CBD has already been used for some other medical treatments and how Marijuana may not give the sufficient amount of CBD to positively affect the user.

Gwynne's purpose with this article is to inform the reader about some benefits found in Marijuana and its composition. Throughout the whole article, she exposes facts about Desprez and McAllister's research regarding CBD and its effect on cancer-causing cells, providing some biologic detail so that the reader may fully grasp how the experiment ended up with positive results and how Marijuana might, after all, have a positve effect. She is not, however, taking a stand on the Marijuana legalization issue, but is rather informing the reader about a new drug which might be useful for future cancer treatments.

10. Should Children Be Allowed to Sip Mommy’s Drink?

http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/20/should-children-be-allowed-sips-of-mommys-drink/

            Study shows that many mothers tend to believe that by giving their young children sips of alcoholic beverages will prevent them from having drinking problems later in life.  Many tend to think that, by not letting their ten or less year olds taste it, alcoholic drinks will be seen as a “forbidden fruit”.  Many mothers do it, in an attempt to help their children.  And while it is nice for them to think about them and try to consider what is best, they are more likely causing the opposite effect.  By giving them small sips, they tend to crave it more and more.  Studies show that the percentage of children drinking alcoholic drinks is higher for those who have tasted the drink before.  Also, children who have tasted these forbidden drinks by age ten are more likely to start drinking it on their own by age fourteen.

            This article is a tad bit scary, but well presented nonetheless. The author of this article, Alexandra Sifferlin, did a good job putting it together.  It has statistics, polls, and also quotes from a North Carolinian doctor who has done research on the issue.

10. Middle Schools Add a Team Rule: Get a Drug Test

The sport reporter at New York Times Mary Pilon inform the readers about the students' need to get a drug test before being in a sports team, that has being continued for several years. She first drags the readers' attention with an example of a student that had to take a slip of paper about the drug test when she decided to play sports at school. Then she goes on by giving some additional explanations about this rule that has been set. The drugs tests are believed to be like deterrent to the students, and it has an objective to create an awareness of drug prevention. The most common drugs exposed to the students are steroids, growth hormones, and marijuana. As the time goes by the number of schools that require drug testing is increasing, the money spent on it is also increasing. For this reason, the Department of Education has been helping financially providing the schools, some money to do the test. However, the author says that some experts have a doubt about the effectiveness of this test, and talk about some interviews of experts that state that this is not helping the students to stop using drugs. Then she ends her article informing us about some parents that are against the testing, but about some parents that require their children to do them, since the students are growing so fast nowadays.

The purpose of the writer in this article is to make the readers notice the problem of how the children are growing fast and the world is changing their generation as time goes by. The problem in this article which is the drug test is a indication of the great number students in middle and high school that are using drugs. The drugs such as growth hormone, steroid, and marijuana are in easy access to the children nowadays, and a great percentage in every school are users of the drugs. However, the drug testing is not helping this number decrease according to the experts, and it has not been the solution for this problem. 

10. Youtube and Free Speech

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/sunday-review/free-speech-in-the-age-of-youtube.html?_r=1&hp

           In her article "Free Speech in the Age of Youtube," Somini Sengupta addresses the pressures the freedom of expression and speech are facing especially in media. She starts out by talking about how internet companies go through a process of deciding which expressions can be allowed and they have to explain their rules and regulations and the values and laws in which they are based on. One Youtube video has stirred controversy all over the topic; an anti-Islamic video on Youtube was restricted in Egypt and Libya and it showed the killing of four Americans and later it was restricted in five more countries. Other countries decided to just restrict Youtube entirely and some complained but Youtube said that it did not violate its laws and measures of hate speech.
           Sengupta first starts her article with a metaphor: "internet companies are a different breed." She then talks about the values of expression and speech which clash with the standards of people especially in Youtube. She then presents a specific example of this clash: an anti-Islamic video which was restricted in some countries while Youtube claimed it did not break its measures of hate speech. Sengupta also lists other companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google which all face the same problem. She then quotes Tim Wu, a U. of Columbia professor, who said that Youtube was right in restricting the video to specific countries. The author then talks about Apple and Google and other specific examples in which speech has been a topic of debate.

10. $1 Billion Wasn't Enough for Apple in Samsung Case

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/09/1-billion-wasnt-enough-apple-samsung-case/57155/

Connor Simpson, editor of the Atlantic, claims that Apple, still not satisfied with the $1 Billion won from Samsung, requested a reconsidering in ruling to gain another $707 million, while Samsung requested a completely new trial. Simpson reports that Apple has requested the increase based on the design and performances of the early Galaxy S models. He implies Apple's illiberality in the issue by using such statements as "[Apple's] kill list of Samsung products." Samsung, however, claims that the amount of damages inflicted on Apple was miscalculated and was judged unfairly. Their lawyers assert that "it is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners." Simpson illustrates the victimized view of Samsung by citing the disadvantages they had in the trials like the "constraints on time, witnesses and exhibits." He also portrayed the logical reasoning of the unfairness of Samsung's judgement, including Apple being given "monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners."

Simpson reports these updates on the Apple vs Samsung issue to the general audience interested in the technologies and the products of these companies. He presents this article to report the recent actions by the companies and to imply that Samsung had lost unfairly while Apple seems still unsatisfied with being awarded 1 billion dollars.

10. Study: We're Safe to Tase Kids

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/study-were-safe-to-tase-kids/262549/

In Lindsay Abram's article,"Study: We're Safe to Tase Kids", she reveals a study in which police officers use the taser on young adolescents. She debates whether it is right or wrong to sent electrical shocks throughout a young adult's body. She divides the article into 5 sections: problem, methodology, results, conclusion, and implication. She discusses about the fact when the young teenagers so some bad action, and adults use the taser to stop the. Abram states that the taser does not hurt the teenagers and does not leave any injuries on them. She reveals that the taser is for the "last resort" and that it does not leave injuries, but it should not be used all the time. Abram concludes that the taser should not be used on young kids.

The author's purpose for this article is to reveal that the taser does not hurt the teenagers when they are used. She also states that even though it does not leave any injuries, it should not be used all the time. This article is directed to any person who might worry about teenagers being shocked by police officers or any other adult. The study is able to show all the points regarding the teenagers being tased by the police officers and clearly shows that it does not hurt them, but should be avoided to prevent any injuries to apear.

10. Avoiding Sugared Drinks Limits Weight Gain in Two Studies

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/health/avoiding-sugary-drinks-improves-childrens-weight-in-2-studies.html?_r=1&hpw

On September 21, Roni Caryn Rabin wrote an article regarding how the consumption of sugared drinks can affect weight gain. The article started off with a shocking statement from the city health officials, who said supersized sugared drinks would be banned from now on. For many Americans, whose daily diet consists of a soft drink, or any sweet drink any time during the day, this new policy would probably have aroused many negative claims. The next sentence in the introductory paragraph supports the new policy, claiming that a decrease in such beverages can slow weight gain. The following paragraphs explain about the experiments taken (one group of children was given sugary drinks while the other was encouraged to avoid them for over a year) resulted in an average weight gain difference of approximatelly three pounds. The next part of the article provides analysis of the experiments, and different views from industry representatives disagreeing health researchers.

Rabin's purpose in this article was to inform and explain his audience, about the pros and cons people think about the new policy of banning supersized sugared drinks and the experiments' results. Using an unbiased view, Rabin wrote about both sides of what researchers thought. This tone was especially evident when Rabin did not forget to leave out the industry representatives' point of view regarding the situation, instead of only quoting health officials and the positive results. Thoughout the article, the author used statistics, specific results from the experiments, and quoted specific researchers, giving credibility to the article in general.

10. The Disconcerting Brilliance of the iPhone 5

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/09/iphone_5_review_apple_s_smartphone_is_the_best_yet_but_do_you_really_need_one_.html

The Slate staff writer Will Oremus wrote on Septemper 21st about the IPhone 5 and informing the readers to think a little more about weather they really do need the IPhone 5. He begins his introduction with a simple yet very powerful paragraph, stating that people know a days think they can't live without these gadgets, but it isn't true. Oremus continues his essay explaining how many people would stand in line for an hour just to touch the IPhone 5. He goes on to inform the readers very clear and modest that even though there are many Android phones out there that are really fast, the IPhone 5 surpasses them in all ways. He explain in a exhilarating tone that for those who have never had phones like these its very inspiring and amazing to carry the whole world in your pocket, but he says its very disconcerting because its a lot to carry. Oremus shows that he along with may other people get distracted with normal phones, imagine with the IPhone, he also adds to his sentence to create a more vivid and powerful remark, that sometimes the waiting to upload something on other cellphones was the excuse to enjoy the view, which with the new and improved IPhone 5 doesn't allow people to do that, as states before in earlier paragraphs. Oremus ends his essay with a very stalwart last sentence stating "The iPhone 5 is merely the finest exemplar yet of the phone that can do it all—except for all the things in life that you really need to do."

Oremus writes this essay to enlighten readers about how the IPhone 5 i the newest and most improved phone of the year. He also informs us, that the there is no other cellphones like it, but this may be a problem to everyone, because we stop paying attention to things the IPhone can't give us. He also uses this essay to expose the importance that IPone has on people and the want for more. He wraps the whole essay up in one sentence when he says "The iPhone 5 is merely the finest exemplar yet of the phone that can do it all—except for all the things in life that you really need to do."

10. The Disconcerting Brilliance of the iPhone 5

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/09/iphone_5_review_apple_s_smartphone_is_the_best_yet_but_do_you_really_need_one_.html

On September 21st, Will Oremus wrote about Apple’s new iPhone 5. However, instead of encouraging people to buy the highly regarded smartphone, he argues against the purchase of this product. Oremus opens his essay by showing how many people feel the strong desire to have an iPhone 5 and includes his personal status regarding the possession of Apple’s smartphones. He then compliments the device stating its improvements and agrees that it is a “wonderful piece of machinery by any standard.” The iPhone5 does have some small flaws, “but it’s closer to perfection than any smartphone has ever been” according to Oremus. For him, he is “a little concerned that he’ll never pry my nose from the screen.” He is afraid that all these new tools and the ability of the iPhone5 to do more things will cause people to become distracted from real life and to worry too much, instead of relaxing. In the end Oremus says, “The iPhone 5 is merely the finest exemplar yet of the phone that can do it all—except for all the things in life that you really need to do.”

The author’s purpose in writing this article was to persuade his readers to realize that the iPhone5 is not something people need to buy and that it may be better to not buy it. Will Oremus’s tone is definitely informal with the uses of certain words and questions, slangs, contractions, and personal pronouns (“Oh, it’s a great gadget”, “remember that?”, “gizmo”.) To aid his persuasion, besides using the informal tone, he praises the smartphone in order to stay in friendly terms with the readers, especially those who really want to buy the iPhone. When he says “It gave me an excuse to simply enjoy the view” the word view makes it seem that the world outside the iPhone is appreciating and “better to look at” than a smatphone screen. Also, he uses his personal experience with iPhones to express his feelings and for his readers to be able relate to him, and maybe agree with him.

10. Where does gluttony come from?

Scientists at  the University of  Michigan have indentified how a brain region plays a role is our persuit of sweet temptations.  it is the neostriatum that triggers our brain to want the sweets. the neostiatum is split into two parts behind the eyes and below the folds of the cortex. But the neostriatum is normally studied for the movements and the motor behavior of our bodies. "Although no previous research had found a clear causal link between the region and motivation to eat, some human studies with functional magnetic resonance imaging have suggested that the neostriatum is active when an overweight subject looks at food or an addict views a drug of choice. "  For this the reseachers tested with lab rats that were given food when they were resting and hungry and yet their food choice were M&M chocolates and because chocolate offers sweetness  it was teh perfect stimulus for the effect the reseachers wanted. Since chocolate brings out endorphin to an higher rate and gives a pleasurable feeling the rats chose the chocolate which is the same reaction for humans.

One of the serious problems our world today faces is overweight and by finding out where our gluttony comes from it may be possible to block this and control our diet. the author of this article informs us the researches being done today and how it can help our society and it give outs the highlight ideas of what the reseachers are thinking on how to improve our health.

10. "Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/business/energy-environment/as-a-tax-credit-wanes-jobs-vanish-in-wind-power-industry.html?ref=business&_r=moc.semityn.www

Diane Cardwell wrote an artile on September 20, 2012 on how tax is affecting the wind industry. A month ago, a maker for the components of wind turbines created something new. This new invention is a "camper sized box that can capture the enegry of slow winds." This can possibly allow new areas to wind power. However, Gamesa had to shut down causing 92 of their employees to lose their job. Gamesa is not the only place that is having problems. Many other wind sectors across the world have been struggling and a total of 1700 people have lost their jobs. The reason for this is because the electricity companies and cheap natural gas from Asia are taking over. China has been a key fact in this occurrence also. With all of this happening, the wind sectors also had to face a huge political problem in Washington D.C. On December 31, there will be an expiration on a federal tax that causes the wind company to become more competitive against the electricity company. A $1 billion tax break was used to help the wind sector last year, but this year will be different depending on who will be the next president. President Obama wants to continue the wind company while Mitt Romney does not. If the wind sector will have to shut down already 945 people will lose their jobs. These wind places across the world are struggling and continue to lay people off. Wind industry jobs range from $30,000 to $100,000 a year. Most of the Wind power industries are located outside of the United States. And the industries require a lot of money for the high tech machines they have.

This was an interesting article talking about the wind industry and the many problems they are facing today. Not many know how important this can be and how helpful it can be to all of us, especially when it comes to saving energy. Cardwell uses quotes from people of both sides of the debat; whether we should keep giving money to the wind industries or if we should shut them down since they can't manage to make money on their own for the machines they use.  This article ends with a quote saying "hopefully it will go back to the way things were. Losing his job at his age would be devastating to me."

9. Audacious Raid on NATO Base Shows Taliban’s Reach

Alyssa J. Rubin talks about a attack from the Taliban on one of NATO's base which destroyed eight attack jets

9. Beating The Drug War

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/15/beating_the_drug_war/

Russ Belville writes and article for The Salon on September 15th on his Marijuana usage and gives tips on how "not to get busted." Belville opens the article by telling a bit about his relationship with marijuana: he's a user for the past twenty years, and has never been caught. He acknowledges most people who are regular pot users are never caught either, and provides some statistics, comparing people who get annually arrested for marijuana usage and how many people actually use the drug. Being extremly satirical, Bellville begins to give a list of several things one could do to avoid being busted. The list is full of ludicrous and ironic components, such as "be white; be middle-aged; look squared." Composed of seven well-described items, the guide provided to the reader helps him to freely "smoke a joint" without ending up in the jail or with his record stained. The author closes the article by stating his opinion on the legalization of marijuana and how he think's its prohibition is a complete joke.

Belville's intentions while writing this article are clearly to state his opinion on the issue and persuade the reader on how this whole marijuana being considered illegal is a complete waste of time. Satirizing the American pattern to find marijuana users and using a large amount of irony, the author gives clues on what he really thinks about regarding the issue, until he finally states his honest opinion on the last sentence of the article: "If you think being young, black, counter-culture or careless is a lousy justification for police harassment, then help me to end this stupid prohibition on marijuana."

9. Apple Unveils an iPhone That Is Lighter and More Powerful

The New York Times technology reporter, Nick Wingfied writes about the iphone 5 that was unveiled on Wednesday by Apple. It draws attention of the reader by announcing that it isn't the smartphone with the biggest screen nor first one to offer internet access, however, the executives say that it is the best phone made by combining technologies. Then he goes on by explaining the new features that the Iphone 5 will have, that Iphone 4 did not. It not only has a bigger screen, but it offers a bigger canvas for activities like reading books, browsing Websites, etc. It also has a high speed internet access due to the wireless carriers LTE. The writer then ends the article with an interview of an analyst of Gartner, who says that Apple approaches new technologies cautiously  until it is sure it can deliver the best experience possible. The earlier smartphones with LTE had problems with battery, but Apple solved it. It also increased the length of the phone, and not the width because it wanted the smartphone to easily be held in one hand. 

The purpose of the writer of writing this article is to explain the new features and new things that Apple has put in the Iphone 5. It is important, because huge amount of people are waiting for this smartphone for two years, ever since the introduction of Iphone 4. He explains the features of the smartphone with details, which make the readers imagine the phone that is not on sail yet, and increase their curiosity and desire to have it/see it.

9. Anti-American Rioters Storm Embassy in Yemen

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/09/13/yemen_protests_anti_american_demonstrations_spread_from_egypt_to_libya_to_yemen_.html

There were anti-American conflicts in Egypt ant then Libya. Protesters killed the U.S. ambassador as well as three other Americans on Tuesday. Yemen has become part of the conflict threatening U.S. missions in the area. People have been reported to have chanting “death to America” when they stormed the American embassy and burning a U.S. flag. Angry protestors have taken down U.S. flags after rampaging embassy buildings and replacing it with a black banner with “There is no God but Allah” on it. These attacks have been sparked by an obscure anti-Islam film which depicted Mohammad in a very negative light.

The author of this article is Josh Voorhees. Not surprisingly this article is to inform people of an issue in the world. The author tells what is happening and does not seem to have any agenda rather than inform about current events. He uses quotes from other news sites and reports.

9. Do You Really Want To Know Your Baby’s Genetics? New prenatal testing will bring anxiety and dilemmas

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2012/09/prenatal_genetic_testing_of_entire_fetal_genome_what_is_a_healthy_baby_anyway_.html

A medical ethicist and writer in New York Harriet A. Washington writes an informative and persuasive essay on september 16th, for parents; mainly to pregnant women. She talk about a new creative development, with the goal to find out the fetus genetics and if the baby will be healthy. Washington continues her article to show that not only there is one place with this new research but also there are two. She explains the process that the treatment requires, needing maternal blood, and having to determine the parents genomes. Washington goes on to explain in a very motherly tone, that it is very helpful to know weather the baby will have disorders, she says very confident that the sooner the doctors know, the better it is to treat. She doesn't forget to mention the riskyness of these treatment, also listed many cases in which people said something would go wrong with Males with disorder XYY, but they ended up being completely normal. Washington also makes a very important questions to all those reading, "What can we do with the information?" She emphasizes on this topic for a whole paragraph, telling readers that its worse to leave the information behind after knowing. The very straight forward she asks if abortion was an option to some parents; "Which disorders justify abortion?" The last couple of paragraph Washington also states that even though, today people who have some kind of disorder live amongst others and are doing fine, when she says this she is also completing and putting her main idea all together in one.

Washington in this essay wants to inform the audience about a new technological advance that medicine has had though out the years, and showing that in about 5 years people will be able to apply these on themselves, but she doesn't stop there. She also write this essay to open the eyes of many readers asking them questions, that will make them think weather the should or shouldn't find out their babies genetics. She shows evidence to good and bad, and has a very stable view to both, but even so, when ending her essay she states "Whole-genome fetal sequencing is still years away from being used in the real world. It's a good thing, as we have a lot to sort out before then." showing that even though she's stable, she still has a strong will for parents to not find out their fetus genetics.

9. Goodbye, Big Soda: New York Becomes First City to Ban Large-Sized Soft Drinks

http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/13/goodbye-big-soda-new-york-becomes-first-city-to-ban-large-sized-soft-drinks/?iid=hl-main-lede

            New York becomes the first city to ban large-sized soft drinks, no bigger than 16 oz allowed at restaurants, stores, and many other places.  The mayor of New York has taken a big advance of trying to lower adult obesity in the large city, even though people are totally capable of buying more than one 16 oz soda.  What may sound like a ban that would be shot down immediatlly by Americans everywhere, feedback from the public showed that 32,000 comments supported the ban and only 6,000 did not.  This is actually very surprising.

            This is a very interesting article and it supports its idea well, having many quotes and statistics on the matter.  It was written by Alice Park, a trustworthy writer who has been reporting since 1993; she remains natural on the subject.  This is good because it avoids a journalist enforcing their personal stance on a matter, which is what blogs are for, not news sites. 

9. Why the First Laptop Had Such a Hard Time Catching On (Hint: Sexism)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/why-the-first-laptop-had-such-a-hard-time-catching-on-hint-sexism/262220/

Alexis C. Madrigal, editor at the Atlantic, asserts that the reason that the first laptops were so unpopular was not only due to the high price and heavy weight: men did not want to use keyboards which they were unfamiliar with, and which were "for secretaries" (who are women). Madrigal states that the reason for the low sales in the first release of laptops, the GRiD Compass, could have been due to its costliness, costing about $20,000 in today's dollars,"and its weighing 11 pounds. Madrigal, however, continues on to refer to Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm and Handspring (makers of the Treo), noting that sociological and psychological factors also caused difficulties in its sales as well. The business men of 1982, which the GRiD Compass was designed for, did not want the laptop because it had a keyboard which only the secretaries used in their work; secretaries were women, so keyboards were for women. The business men were also uncomfortable with the idea of using the laptops because they were uncomfortable with using the keyboard itself--they were afraid to be having a hard time learning to use the keyboard. 

In this article "Why the First Laptop Had Such a Hard Time Catching On," Alexis C. Madrigal implies that the intelligence of a technology does not determine its success in society. The factors that lead to the adoption of a technology includes not only its usefulness and efficiency, but the sociological and psychological readiness of the people as well, as it was demonstrated by the early sales of laptops. 

9. Lives Lost, Poor Souls

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/world/asia/young-afghan-lives-lost-in-the-fog-of-war.html?_r=1&hp

           Rod Nordland starts out his article with a captivating sad and melancholic title: "Young Afghan Lives, Lost in the Fog of War." The article is accompanies a picture with a mother and three children with sad expressions across their innocent faces. He starts his article with an example of the routine of Abdul Farhad who works in a small office in Kabul and looks out the window to the crowded streets of Afghanistan. Nordland then proceeds to talk about Khorshid and Parwana, both young girls with big dreams, and Eesa, Nawal, Eylas, and Mohammed. As Farhad looks out the window, he sees a stranger with a knapsack who comes closer to the children. The children surround the knapsack because they were curious. The knapsack then explodes and Farhad survives but the children do not. It was a suicide bombing, the 55th in Afghanistan in 2012.
            Rod Nordland uses exemplification as his predominant device in his article. His purpose is to inform the reader about suicide bombings and political and military war which are responsible for the death of thousands of young Afghan kids. As an example, he uses a real life example of a man who looks out the window and sees a bomb exploding and wounding or killing hundreds of people, mostly young kids The author uses some statistical facts of the bomb occurences in Afghanistan and some political and military facts about the situation. He tries to sympathize with the reader to truly feel sorry for the lives of innocent children who lose their lives in the midst of ridiculous and immature fighting.

9. Do You Really Want To Know Your Baby’s Genetics?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2012/09/prenatal_genetic_testing_of_entire_fetal_genome_what_is_a_healthy_baby_anyway_.html

In Harriet A. Washington's article, "Do you really want to know your baby's genetic?", she presents a problem to parents who wish to know more about their child before they are born. Most parents wish that their child are healthy, without any disease. Washington says that scientists are slowly able to see a fetus DNA to see if they have any illness, or seeing the baby's genome blueprint. However, by seeing the child's DNA, it will affect their future. A parent may hesitate to have that child and it may be a disastrous case. Washington gives many examples in when a parent discovers that her child will have Alzheimers and whether the right choice is to abort or let the children live, since the disease only appear later in life or there is a chance of not appearing at all. Another case is a child with Tay-sachs disease, which usually only live to a young age. Washington presents this problem to the reader to be curious on whether it is right or wrong.

Harriet A. Washington's purpose in writing this article is to make parents wonder whether it is right to know about the child's future before it even happened. It is also questioning whether it is right to decide the future of a child which is still in their mother's belly. This article is directed to parents who do not know if it is right or wrong to know their child's genome blueprint. It is an article to make parents think about their choice and to tell them to make the right choice, which is to not decide the children's fate because people will never know what is right or wrong.

9. Brain Implant Improves Thinking in Monkeys, First Such Demonstration in Primates

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/health/research/brain-implant-improves-thinking-in-monkeys.html?src=recg

New York Times science reporter Benedict Carey writes on September 14th on the benefits that result from brain implants. The article starts with an interesting assumption what since this brain implant allowed monkeys to show an improvement in decision making as well as restoring lost mental capacity, it could later be used on people to treat different types of brain injuries. Though the device is not ready to be used commercially, the author explains how scientists use it as a model for further studies. To give the readers a brief background information, Carey talks about previous brain implants, and how these had other improvements such as vision or disabled people controlling limbs. The following paragraphs explain the procedure of the experiment carried out by Wake Forest researchers to study how the brain implant has an effect on the rhesus monkeys. The conclusions revealed that brain implants have shown improvement in the monkeys' ability to make the correct choices, but the intake of cocaine diminished their performance. Using this experiment as a model, Dr. Deadwyler hypothesized the possibility of inventing a kind of brain implant that would assist those with brain damage, like shown in the beginning of the article.



Carey's purpose in this article is to explain how the brain implant experiment was made, and to inform the reader about scientists' future research and plans that will be advantageous for people with brain injury. His article is directed to everyone in general, but it would be more for those engaged with sciences and medicine. Carey gave evidence to support his statement at the beggining of the article by giving specific information about the place where the experiment was executed, and the names of the people quoted thoughout the article.

9. the machines are taking over

While Neil Heffernaun listened to his fiancee tutoring one of her students in math. he had an idea.he was an graduate student in computer science and he had been working for two years with the researhcers at mellon university on developing a computer software to help improve students's learning school and aiding them at completing assignments and understanding the subject a little more as if a person were beside them . and so he had videotapped his fiancee as she tutored her students and noticed how her turoing sessions were highly interactive and she gave many examples for the student to indertsand which is quite a challenge for even a highly intelligent machine to be able to reach such standards .

thus autori uses exemplification to prove his point that machines could be useful but not as useful as a human beside giving examples and having dialougues for the student to have a mich more profound educations and he also uses a formal as well as an unformal language in order to explain

9. "When the Privacy Button Is Already Pressed"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/technology/in-microsofts-new-browser-the-privacy-light-is-already-on.html?_r=1&ref=business

Natasha Singer wrote an article on September 15 on online privacy. A new Microsoft program will be coming out in late October. This Windows 8 comes with a special feature that allows the person to choose a "do not track" option that way ads and companies that normally track their online history will not be able to do this anymore. This isn't the first time a company has offered this to people but Microsoft is taking it more seriously. It is already programmed into the new Internet Explorer 10. It is weird that Microsoft is doing this considering they are one of the ad companies. Fatemeh Khatibloo said that it is important for a company to offer something different in their products because all the companies are becoming very similar. But if many people decide to use the "do not track" option, it can hurt many marketers. A huge way for companies to make money is by internet ads, and this new option can bankrupt many of them. There was a similar occurrence last year. There were many disagreements and debates on this subject. Jonathan Mayer said when you visit a web site there are many people working on just that website collecting your information. This information can be later used to re-identfy the consumer and get access to their e-mail address. This tracking system works globally, and even some big sites like Twitter has made their own arrangements to agree to this.

The purpose of this article was to not only show the reader a new feature coming out for Microsoft but also to show the importance of Internet ads to the companies. Although it can be dangerous to the millions of people accessing the Internet daily, it is a very important way to show the ads of all the new things coming out in todays world. Singer even said the percentage of people that used this with Mozilla was 11 percent which is a high number. And the number is suppose to rise due to the android phone. So this is a very important debate among the company ads and Microsoft. However this product is expected to come out in the end of October.

9. A Fracking Good Story

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/project_syndicate/2012/09/thanks_to_fracking_u_s_carbon_emissions_are_at_the_lowest_levels_in_20_years_.html

On September 15th, Bjørn Lomborg wrote about what has and what has not caused carbon dioxide emissions to have dropped in the U.S. He opens his essay by saying how carbon emissions need to be lowered and that the effects of global warming are already being clearly seen. He gives some statistics which demonstrate how much carbon dioxide emissions have declined and says that the main reason is the switch from coal to natural gas in order to generate electricity. To explain his title to the readers, he says that a new technique called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has enabled the U.S. to obtain more natural gas. Lomborg claims that natural gas is much more efficient and compares it to other methods used to decrease air pollution such as the use of biofuels, windmills, carbon tax, and solar panels. He provides the reader with more statistics and information from other countries to support his statement that these other methods are much less effective than the use of natural gas. With these figures, Lomborg continues to say that windmills and solar panels cost more to make compared to their emissions reduction and ends with a single phrase summarizing his opinion: “Fracking [hydraulic fracturing] is not a panacea, but it really is by far this decade’s best green-energy option.”

The author’s purpose in this article is to show the reason for the decrease in carbon emissions and explain why other methods that are meant to do the same are not as effective. In his title, he may have tried to make it humorous by using the word “fracking.” It is a good attention getter since people would want to read to learn what the word means. His language is formal using terms appropriate to his topic and he uses several words which are uncommon such as “paltry”, “panacea”, “bonanza” however they do not interfere with the comprehension of the text. In Lomborg’s essay he seems to be biased toward natural gas and writes as if he were arguing a point. One time he wrote that natural gas is completely free when comparing it to other methods of decreasing carbon emissions, however to extract this resource it is necessary to invest some money to do so.

8.Cancer Study Points to Tighter Pairing of Drugs and Patients

Gina Kolata wrote about a new genetic study concerning a type of lung cancer that might lead to new treatments. A study of the genetics of the specific type of lung cancers allowed researchers to pinpoint the exact mutations that are responsible for the cancer. This could lead to drugs that attack those specific mutations. The author is objective and uses mentions many sources to validate her statements. This can be observed in a quote in the article where Dr. Matthew Meyerson of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston said, “What we found will change the landscape for squamous cell carcinoma, I think it gives hope to patients.”

The main purpose of the author was to inform about a new discovery that might lead to new and more effective treatment of a type of lung cancer. Her clear diction and straightforward and objective tone allow her to effectively inform her audience.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/health/research/for-a-lung-cancer-drug-treatment-may-be-within-reach.html?ref=science

8.I got pregnant from rape

http://www.salon.com/2012/08/22/i_got_pregnant_from_rape/

On August 21, Renee Devesty exposes the Salon's readers to her shocking her story and well-established opinions on abortion and on Todd Akin's ignorant remarks regarding not only abortion, but rape as well. Opening her article with the claim of her expert knowledge on the discussed subject, she attacks Akin by saying: "I can't stand by and watch these men who have no personal experience with sexual assault pretend to know so much about it." Devesty then narrates her story as a rape victim, expressing her feelings through vivid language and impacting details. Her thoughts and feelings over the sexual assault are given to the reader soon enough, bringing a new perspective on the subject as he/she feels empathy toward the author. She closes the article with her strong opinion on Akin's statement.

Devesty wrote this article to take a stand and to persuade the reader on what seems like the eternal polemic issue of abortion and how it should be delt with in case of sexual assault. Using her own traumatizing experience and basing her arguments upon that, Devesty presents the reader with a different point of view as they're put in a place where they understand better what really happens to the victim in situations like these. After presenting her argumetns and giving them a solid base, the ends the article with a powerful statemnt: "The only individual who should be able to make this choice is the woman who was raped. End of story."

8. Costa Rica Escapes Major Damage After Most Severe Earthquake in Two Decades

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/07/costa-rica-escapes-major-damage-after-most-severe-earthquake-in-two-decades/

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Costa Rica on Wednesday. Despite this the country was pretty much unscathed. There was only one death that was a heart attack caused by the fright of the earthquake. This has been the most severe earthquake in Costa Rica in over two decades. The damage was mostly just a few blocked highways and some collapsed houses. Twenty people were injured and 203 people were temporarily placed in emergency shelters. A San Jose resident said about the earthquakes start that, “Immediately, I saw dozens of people running out of their homes and office buildings.” The quake was felt from all the way as Panama and Nicaragua.

The purpose of this article is to inform. The author creates an image of people scrambling to find their families after the quake. The author even quotes people who were actually in the earthquake. The article also tells some of the basic facts about the earthquakes. It also tells about how many earthquakes occur in Costa Rica. The end of the article closes with the president of the national College of Architecture and Engineering assuring people that Costa Rica is well prepared for earthquakes.

8. Got Milk? Increasingly, the Answer Is No

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/09/07/got-milk-increasingly-the-answer-is-no/

                Because sodas are more accessible and milk has become more expensive, the amount of milk consumed has dropped.  Many people, also, do not tend to drink milk at breakfast anymore.  This is because they do not eat this meal at home, and they are not likely to buy it at a breakfast-serving fast-food restaurant.  Even some schools have also stopped serving milk, because of its fatty properties, flavored milk especially such as chocolate and strawberry.  Many people have stopped eating white bread and switched to wheat bread, this has hurt the milk company as well.  Making white bread requires more milk than making wheat bread.  People are not eating white bread, so there is less being made and less milk being purchased for the purpose of making it.

                This article is very strong, using a lot of supporting evidence and statistics.  It was written by a man named Brad Tuttle, who seems to be upset by the dropping purchases in milk.  The statistics are sad though, all my life I was told that milk is very important, making me drink plenty of it my whole life.  But as the saying goes, no use crying over spilled milk.

8.Study Points to Tighter Pairing of Drugs and Cancer Patients

One of the largest studies of the genetics of a common lung cancer has found out that more than half the tumors from the cancer have mutations that might be treated easily by new drugs that are already in the pipeline and that are easily developed. for those who are suffering from this genetic disease has hope for , the reasearchers said ," the results are promising because they could foretell a new type of treatment in which drugs are tailored to match the genetic abnormality in each patient."The result has been a new comprehension of cancer as a genetic disease, defined by DNA alterations that drive a cancer cell’s growth, instead of a disease of a particular tissue or organ, like a breast, the prostate or a lung. 

The author give us the information for the lung cancer cures and exposes us to the scientific studies that are happening in sure for the cure of this disease,the autor gives us dialouges of reaseachers and doctors  that exemplify this cure

8. A Firefox Smartphone for the Developing World

Quentin Hardy, the Silicon Valley Bureau Chif, writes about the internet company Mozilla that will be next two billion pairs of hands with a new smartphone. The writer draws attention of the reader in the introduction through comparison of Mozilla to the biggest companies Google and Apple. He goes on by describing the new smartphone that will be introduced in the beginning of next year. Its target will be Latin America, and it has a partnership with Telefonica. The reason why he thinks that people will buy it more than Apple or Google, is because it will be $350 to $450 without a contract, while Apple smartphone is $650. The Mozzila phone will be hoping to use more Web instead of mobile apps, which is very different from other big smartphone companies. Then, the writer ends the article by comparing Mozilla to other companies that are trying to introduce more cheap smartphones each year. He lists some similarities between them, and among them, there are Chinese companies ZTE and TCL.

The purpose of the writer is to announce the readers that Mozzilla, which is a internet company, will be competing with smartphone companies such as Google and Apple. Besides that, he is also trying to give a comparison between the other companies and Mozzilla, and lists off some benefits that it will have. By reading the article, the readers get more curious about the product due to its good description and comparison. 

8. Tornadoes Touch Down in Brooklyn and Queens

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/nyregion/tornado-causes-damage-along-a-beach-in-queens.html?_r=1&hpw

On September 8th, writers for The New York Times Marc Santora and Christipher Maag wrote an article about the tonadoes that struck Brooklyn and Queens this past week. Using chronological order, the article first introduced the tornado that hit Queens and following that, the one that struck Brooklyn. Though there were no injuries, both tornadoes caused  damage ("tore down walls, lifted roofs off homes and tangled power lines"), and events such as the United States Open, the women's singles final, and the semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer had to be delayed, postponed, and cancelled respectively. The following section of the article analyzed the possible future effects that could happen ("people could expect severe thunderstorms, heavy rains in some places and even the possibility of hail"). Lastly, the article ended with a short testimony of a survivor of the tornado chaos.

Santora and Maag's purpose of writing this article was to inform people, mostly those who live in the Brooklyn and Queens area about the tornadoes that struck those places this weekend. They described the path, the winds, the time, how much damage they caused, and their effects. The authors also interviewed people who were at the site such as Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Helen Vesik, meteorologist Ross Dickman, David Dempsey, Christopher R. Miller about their experiences and opinion regarding the case.

8. Outdoor Concert Safety

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/arts/music/advocating-for-outdoor-concert-safety-standards.html?_r=1&hp

           James C. McKinley Jr., the author of the article "Advocating for Outdoor Concert Safety Standards," starts out his writing in a very interesting way. He starts out by giving a short description of Jim Digby, the manager of Linkin Park and then starts out by stating a fact: in 1983, a technician of a nightclub operated a piece of equipment that fell and killed a woman who was right below. The author also includes a quote from the technician: "That memory has been buried inside me for years." McKinley also presents another accident: seven people were killed after a stage rigging fell on top of them on a Sugarland concert.
           McKinley uses a mixture of cause and effect facts and some quotes to support his purpose of informing the reader about different problems and cases in outdoor concerts. At first the author presents a number of examples of occasions in which people were victims of a lack of outdoor concert safety. The solution would be the Even Safety Alliance which is promoting worldwide standards for safety and emergency procedures and structure for concert events. The quote from Jim Digby hits the reader directly: "...because it isn't regulated, any cowboy can do anything." The author really tries to support a more precautious approach towards the safety of people who only want to listen to some music- to prevent more innocent people from an unprepared death.

8. "Physical Therapists Turn to Wii Golf"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/health/physical-therapists-use-wii-golf-to-treat-patients.html?_r=1&ref=health

On September 8th, Lisa Mickey wrote an article on how Nintendo Wii golf has become an important aspect in physical therapy. It helps out with rehabilitation. People say that it helps the pateient apply themselves more practically as physical therapy does. The Nintendo Wii golf helps with balance and movement. This can be very useful for those who are trying to recover from brain injuries or strokes but also to those working on coordination or movement. Wii golf brings a different element into physical therapy. Golf is a sport many people enjoy and so it is a new way of making therapy fun and will be more motivated to do what the therapists prescribe to do at home. As Michaela St. Onge said, the patients like it because it changes the pace of things from all the normal exercises. About two years ago,  Aroostook Medical Center added Wii sports including baseball, golf, basketball and more. Many patients of Aroostook admit to Wii sports helping them a lot with their balance. In the past, physical therapists used bored games but it didn't have the same effect on the patients as wii sports did. And most of the patients do not even consider wii golf as exercise. Wii golf causes the patients to enjoy therapy more than usual. Not only does it attract golfers but also non golfers. The patients, as Kaiser Permanente says, normally play wii golf more than it is asked causing them to recover faster than expected. 

The purpose Mickey wrote this article is to show the readers that traditional therapy is not necessary. There are many high tech toys that can also work the same way. However these high tech toys are more enjoyable causing physical therapy to become fun and exciting. Mickey shows the importance of toys like wii sports. It gives therapy a different dimension. It is also something most people like to do. 

8. The Afghanistan-Shaped Hole in the Presidential Campaigns

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-afghanistan-shaped-hole-in-the-presidential-campaigns/262059/

Joshua Foust's article, "The Afghanistan-Shaped Hole in the Presidential Campaigns" affirms that the conflict of the Afghanistan war is not being discussed in either of the two presidential campaigns (of Obama and of Romney), clarifying the challenges of finding a way to prevent disaster in Afghanistan as well as in the U.S. public or political responses. Foust begins to support his point by addressing the failure of Obama's 2009 Afghanistan campaign which resulted with more violence and negative U.S. public responses to participation in the Afghan war. Obama's goal to make "the country free of al Queda, the taliban out of power, and the Afghan security services to be able to handle the country's internal security on their own" is not demonstrating efficiency expected by the day-to-day managements and the amount of American concern devoted in Afghanistan. Instead, there are still many Afghan cities facing much challenge of building self-sustatinment within themselves, such as Jalalabad in which its people had recently been attacked by suicide bombings. Foust notes that this significant problem had not been mentioned or acknowledged during the lengthy speeches of the two presidential nominees, seemingly due to no clear solutions ready for proposal. A difficult decision has to be made  "either to maintain or expand its mission despite its unpopularity at home, or watching the  country decline into even deeper violence." Foust indicates the negative responses of the American citizens through a poll statistic noting that most Americans are supporting immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops, or thinking that the war is not worth it. He also acknowledges the terrible conditions to which Afghanistan will fall into without the support of the U.S. 

Foust's purpose of publishing this article is to inform the adult class of American citizens of the significant challenges of the Afghanistan war. Through this article, he strongly implies that this problem should not be ignored as it is being done in both of the presidential campaigns because the choices made by the U.S. will have a great impact on the future of Afghanistan.

8. How We Teach Students to Cheat

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/how-we-teach-students-to-cheat/

In Michelle Blake's article, "How We Teach Students to Cheat", she reveals the reason for students to cheat. She starts the article with an example of a personal experience when she caught her classmate cheating and asked her why she was doing it. Her classmate revealed that she was cheating because her parents were pressuring her to enter a difficult college, but she did not have the confidence to pass. Blake, then, continues to prove her opinion by showing an article where harvard students were cheating on a test. She says that the reason for their action is that for the students, "looking successful is more important than being honest." Blake reveals that adults are always wishing students may succeed and have a good life by going through whatever means. This leads to children believing that lying and cheating are essencial and acceptable to achieve their goal.

Blake's purpose for writing this article is to show how students are indirectly influenced by the adults around them who expect too much. She wishes to tell parents and teachers about this case, so that they may teach the students that being honest is more important than being successful. Blake says that adults are pressuring children to achieve the best and making them to anything to pass. This usually makes the students cheat, which will be very bad for their future.

8. THE FILM FILE: THE LAST SONG

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/the_last_song_robinson

A long time writer at The New Yorker, Richard Brody writes a critic of the movie The Last Song on April 12th in 2010. Brody writes in this very short critic important facts that many people don't realize while watching the movie or reading the book. Miley Cyrus the main character in the movie; and teen pop sensation across the United States, lives a normal life in the movie. Brody emphasized that she is playing a character that has many problems, that she faces in real life situations. He doesn't forget to mention that she is a classical-piano prodigy; which for those who know her its exactly what Cyrus is. Brody doesn't forget to mention how the movie is worked up and has a beautiful ending. He also mentions the author of the book, The Last Song; Nicholas Sparks, and how he tends to be very sentimental and romantic in his works. Brody ends his article by explaining that each attribute and personality of the characters were wrapped all together into a amazing package; directed by Julie Anne Robinson.

In this article Brody wants to inform the readers and movie lovers how great the movie is and how well directed it was. He uses many examples and words to show his passion and how he liked it. By the tone of his wording and the pace he uses, he shows that the book and the movie where well put together and how everything in the end became a very good package. He shows this when he writes; "or all the lessons about taking proper action, Ronnie, as embodied by Cyrus, is strangely stolid and passive. Experience itself, bestowed upon the characters in neatly wrapped packages."

8. With Their Food Scarce From Drought, More Animals Try Dining in Town

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/us/their-food-scarce-from-drought-animals-dine-in-town.html?ref=science

Jack Healy wrote on September 6th about the growing number of animal sightings within city boundaries. Healy starts out by giving examples of bears looking for food in campsites and stores. He claims that the cause of this movement toward cities is the intense drought which has destroyed the main sources of food for the animals, causing them to look for their food elsewhere. Healy presents more examples of animals stealing food from fields, kitchens, garbage cans and even in some cities across the country. Bears are the ones that have been causing most of the problem, destroying personal property since they need a lot of fuel for the winter’s hibernation. The government has asked to increase elk hunting in order to have more food for the others and bears are being euthanized because of their destruction. Healy says that Hurricane Isaac has helped lessen the effects of the drought in the southern areas but the problem is still severe. Healy ends with an example of a man shooing a bear who does it successfully but the animal just moves on to steal food from another bar, indicating that the situation of controlling the hungry animals is really difficult.

The purpose of the author was to inform his readers about the increase of animals moving toward cities in search of food and that measures are being taken to lessen the problem, though it is a slow process. He gives plenty of examples to show that animals are invading cities more often and shows some statistics to support his point. He also uses quotes from officials and citizens to ensure the credibility of his information and also to support the difficulty of the problem. This use of sayings from other people makes the article more interesting, avoiding the tediousness of simply saying what was happening. Healy was successful in informing his readers especially because of the many examples he presents to describe the situation.

7. Samsung Defeats Apple (In South Korea and Japan)

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/31/apple_v_samsung_south_korea_japan_courts_reach_different_verdicts_than_united_states.html

Slate Magazine writer, Will Oremus, wrote an article on August 31st regarding the controversy between the two major electronics companies Apple and Samsung. Oremus started the article with a question "Did Samsung really steal Apple's innovations?" engaging the audience into the subject, and quickly answered it saying it all depended on where the reader lived. To explain the answer further, the next paragraph described how different parts of the world responded differently to the statement. Instead of generalizations, the article included responses from specific countries and analyzed how each country viewed the issue. Japan and South Korea did not think Samsung infringed Apple products' features, while the United States thought it did. In addition to both of these views, the author also included information about how other countries such as Germany and Australia did not agree with neither side.

The purpose of writing this article was to show that people and countries see a problem in different ways and have their own opinions about it. Specific countries and their allegations regarding the conflict between Apple and Samsung were mentioned throughout the passage to support the title "Samsung Defeats Apple." Orwell's article was objective and unbiased. Not only did the author state different countries' responses, but he also quoted a statement from a Samsung representative. Presenting both supporting and rejecting views, the author concluded that countries such as South Korea and Japan did not think that Samsung infringed Apple's ideas.