12. Democrats Raise $181 Million in September

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/obama-and-democrats-raise-181-million-in-september/?hp

            In his article "Obama and Democrats Raise $181 Million in September," Nicholas Confessore directs a rather astonishing fact: Obama and the Democrats have broken the record for fund-raising for the campaign in September: $181+ six zeros. The amount is a mix of the campaign fund raising and money taken by the Democratic National Committee. He then presents another side of the race: Mitt Romney has not presented the money for the Republicans' fund raising but a spokesman had said that they had raised 12 million dollars only online for 2 days with 60% of that total being donations.  The author then explains how September is the best month for presidential campaign fund raising.
           Nicholas Confessore uses several different methods for his purpose of informing the reader of how Obama and the Democrats had raised great amounts of money for their campaign. The author uses a mix of statistical facts such as the total amount of money raised by both political parties and then a few facts about the history of fund raising of both parties. The author's tone is a little bit inclined towards the support of Obama and the Democrats making it seem as if they had raised more money. The author also uses some quotes such as "the people and the stories behind are what make this grass roots organization so powerful."

12. Bus from Canada Overturns on NJ Exit Ramp; 23 Hurt

http://nation.time.com/2012/10/06/bus-from-canada-overturns-on-nj-exit-ramp-12-hurt/?lid=edit

60 people in a tour bus from Canada were in an accident in New Jersey when the bus slid down an embankment and landed on its side. The bus had been charted by a church group and was going to New York. 23 people were injured including the driver who suffered a large cut on his arm. Some of the frames from busted windows pinned three people who were quickly freed and taken to the hospital. Eight of those injured were in critical condition. Fortunately the state police have said that the conditions are not life threatening.

The writer quotes several people from the accident telling what happened to them during the crash. Also the article tells about another accident that happened in the same area. This article is to inform people about this wreck. People traveling, especially people traveling in the area of the crash might find this article helpful.

12. Study: Omega-3 Supplements May Actually Affect Aging

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/study-omega-3-supplements-may-actually-affect-aging/263219/

On October 12, 2012, Lindsay Abram published an article, "Study: Omega-3 Supplements May Actually Affect Aging", which reveals that the omega-3 supplement helps people prevent age-related diseases. The author separates this article into five sections. Abram starts out with the "problem", where she explains the idea behind the question she is facing, which is how people's cells changes after they are getting older. Then, the next section is the "methodology", or the studies she used to answer her problem. The "results" of the studies, which is the next section, is revealed and it shows that most people who took the omega-3 had longer telomeres, which are the ends of people's chromosome and as people age it gets shorter. It also reveals that the fish pills helped reduce the percent chance to get a disease called oxidative stress. The next section is the "conclusion" which states that omega-3 help preserve the telomeres.  Finally, she ends with the "implications" which gives advice to people to take more of the fish pills and so than people would take care of their health by avoiding to eat omega-6, which is not good for people.

Abram's purpose in writing this article is to warn and advise people about the omega-3 supplement. It is directed mostly to people who are interested in their health and to people who wish to learn more about health related articles. People learn that the omega-6 is not good for their health and can give an opposite effect of the omega-3 which avoids aging while the omega-6 increases chance of getting a disease. Abram gives advices to people by telling them to take these fish pills and do a mediterranean diet which is good for the body.

12. Drill, Baby, Drill

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/10/nobel_prize_2012_the_scientists_writers_and_peace_mongers_who_are_favored_to_win_the_famous_awards_.single.html

Brian Palmer wrote an article, posted on October 3rd, concerning a project to drill into Earth’s mantle and the danger of provoking a volcanic eruption. He affirms that a volcanic eruption would be extremely unlikely if “engineers were to drill directly into a reservoir of molten magma.” Palmer gives reasons why such a thing is unlikely to occur and says that humans have already drilled into magma reservoirs before and nothing catastrophic happened. He states the conditions which are necessary for an eruption to be provoked by humans and how difficult it is to acquire these conditions. However, he says that mud volcanoes are a different story and that these can and have been caused by humans before.

Palmer’s purpose in this essay was to assure readers that it is nearly impossible to cause a volcanic eruption by only drilling into Earth’s mantle. He uses a hypophora by asking a question in the beginning and then answering himself with supporting evidence. The usage of statistics and measurements as well as analogies make it easier to visualize what he is describing, however he doesn’t use any quotes from respected people which decreases the credibility of his information. He does give reference to some events that have and are occurring and provides links to other articles. Palmer’s tone is informal (contractions, certain words...) but his vocabulary is appropriate to his topic. At some points he seems to be out of topic, but he is successful in conveying his message.

12. Taken 2 "I wasn’t too taken with it."

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2012/10/taken_2_reviewed_liam_neeson_returns_as_an_albanian_bashing_superdad_.html

Dana Stevens writes an article on the new release movie "Taken 2". She begins her essay retelling the story behind the first Taken, restating the most famous lines said thought the movie. She continues to explain how many people when watching Taken were amused by the character; Liam Neeson, and how well he played his role. She even uses the words "…thereby proving himself the best dad." which for those who watched the movie most defiantly agree. Stevens explains that Neeson had to go though a whole lot to get his daughter back, but nothing made him stop. After giving many paragraphs explaining Taken she says that Taken 2 was nothing of what she expected, the movie has the same features and background as the first did, the only difference is instead of kidnaping his daughter, they kidnap him and his ex-wife. Stevens shows a very disappointing tone when talking about the movie, but also has a very happy tone when saying that there were moments where she seemed to be taken away from so much action. She uses many figurative language when writing the article such as hyperbole to exaggerate how Taken 1,2, and 3 should have different actors, theme and plot. Stevens also ends her article with a ironical statement saying "We will not look for him, we will not pursue him. But if he comes out with Taken 3, we will look for him, we will find him, and we will kill him." that wraps all her article together.

Stevens writes this article on Taken 2 not only warn the audience on what to expect, but also to show her aversion towards the movie. She explains though out the article why she did not like the movie. She uses this article not only to show how she agrees with some parts of the movie, mainly the ones that blowed her away, but also the parts in which he disliked how the director presented the ideas in a atrocious way. Stevens ends her article with a very stung and explicit statement saying "We will not look for him, we will not pursue him. But if he comes out with Taken 3, we will look for him, we will find him, and we will kill him." which is a line taken directly from the movie Taken.

12.Jobless Rate Falls to 7.8%, Lowest Since January 2009

In september, the jobless rate went down sharply to 7.8, it was the lowest level ever since President Obama took office, the jobless rate delcined from 8.1 in august, the reason why there are so many jobless individuals is because more people are working and not because job seekers stopped looking.  but the rising employment is good for President Obama because since elections are near, he can convinve the voters that he is better equipped than his republican opponent Mitt Romney and convince that he can work the way of the economy to get healthier.

This autor is informing us with was it concerning many people or that are involving the americans these past few months and the concern of the President for the elections where the president in willing to find ways in order to convince the voters that he reliable to be voted once again. Also, informing the readers what event has happened that will help president obama to be able to get re elected once again.

12. "Fan Sites Settle Children's Privacy Charges"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/technology/fan-sites-for-pop-stars-settle-childrens-privacy-charges.html?_r=1&ref=business

On October 3rd, Natasha Singer wrote an article on how a web site for popular young stars like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez had to pay $1 million to settle charges because the site contained too much personal information on the thousands of children that regularly attended that site. The Federal Trade Commission said that the owner of the site broke a law and collected too much personal information such as addresses and telephone numbers without adult supervision. The law states that all personal information needs to be authorized through the consent of the parent if the child is under 13. The sites have now been shut down. The sites allowed children to become members providing their birthday without parent approval which is breaking the law. The F.T.C. has made new laws in which they are trying to get approved. However, it will hurt companies like Facebook and Apple. The chairman for F.T.C., Jon Leibowitz said that marketers need to understand that no matter how much a child under of age of 13 may love Justin Bieber, that it is not allowed to collect personal information with the parents permission. One site even sent an email to the parent of the child saying that if they did not approve of this site to click so. But even if the parent clicked that they did not approve, it still did not deactivate the site. Artist Arena, the owner of the sites, agreed to delete the personal information and display links to the Federal Site. 

This article is a way of informing the parents of children under the age of 13 to be careful with all the access to the computer they let their children have. The internet world has become a dangerous place and they do not know the importance of it yet. They will put down their address and phone number which can possibly harm them in the future by someone else seeing this type of information. So Singer suggests that the parents should be with the children when they access the computer and should always receive their approval first before becoming a member to a site.