Marines Killed In Crash

         Today I read an article called "Midair helicopter collision kills 7 Marines" by Barbara Starr an CNN Pentagon Correspondent. This article was about Seven U.S. Marines who were killed in the midair collision of two U.S. military helicopters along the Arizona-California border. The crash occurred during routine training operations Wednesday night around 10:30 p.m. According to the article the Marines on board were preparing for deployment to Afghanistan. Six of the Marines that died in the crash were based at Camp Pendleton, California, and the other one was from Yuma, Arizona. The article also mention that Gunnery Sgt. Dustin Dunk, a spokesperson for Air Station Yuma, said that two other helicopters were in the immediate area of the collision, so the authorities were investigating but they still have not figured out what happened.

        I think that this accident is very sad. I also think that we shouldn't take our men and women in uniform granted, not only abroad, but on our own soil. They sacrifice and service to the United States of America. It also reminds me that, whether in combat or training, no military mission is ever routine. We must always remember them for the great work they have done and are still doing.

I'm a criminal and so are you

            In today's class i read an article called "I'm a Criminal and so are you," by Michelle Alexander a law professor and once clerked for a U.S Supreme Court Justice. In the article Michelle was talking about how we unfairly take away criminals citizenship because they have committed a crime. She also mentioned that every one has committed a crime and it is not fair. In the article she said, "If everyone were forced to acknowledge their own criminality, maybe we, as a nation, would second-guess our apparent zeal for denying full citizenship to those branded felons."

           I think that Michelle Alexander is right. i agree with the fact that if someone has committed a crime they should not lose their citizenship. The reason why i think that is because it is not fair for someone who have did their time in jail and have changed should lose their citizenship.

Photoshopped Or Not

           In this article it talks about how photographers change the way celebrities and models in fashion, advertisement, and magazines look to make them look thinner, color brighting, stray hair put in place, a pimple healed and a lot more changes than when they first took the picture. According to the article Dr. Farid and Eric Kee, PhD students in computer science at Dartmouth, are proposing a software tool for measuring how much fashion and beauty photos have been altered, from a scale of 1-to-5 that distinguishes the very little from the fantastic. People in the article disagree with the fact that photographers are really editing the way celebrities look. For example Ms. Seymour said, "Readers aren't fooled if you really sculpt the images," she also added, "If you give someone a face-lift you're a fool."

          I think that this is a very interesting article but i do not agree with photographers editing celebrities photos to make them look different. The reason why i do not like it is because that does not really show the person for who they really are.

Apple

I read an article in The New York Times by Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. This article is taking about how iphones, iPads, and other devices that are builded by Apple is often labor in harsh conditions. It also said that the Apple companies work environment are serious, sometimes deadly and has safety problems. For example the article started out with a story of Lai Xiaodong who got scrubbed by heat and violence untill a mat of red and black had replaced his mouth and nose because a fire had started (coming from inside where the products were) at the apple factory that he was working. Lai Xiaodong was lucky but two other workers were immediately die, and dozen other hurt. The article also said that apple is not the only company that has a troubling supply system there are others like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M,and a lot more.

I think that this article is very interesting because it talks about the disadvantage of having a apple ipad, ipone and other devices from apple. I also think that this article is a good article for me and other people who will buy devices from apple, and other companies.