AOW 24 Risk and Riches for Facebook

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/technology/for-facebook-risk-and-riches-in-user-data.html?pagewanted=2&ref=technology

Having over 845 million users, there is talk of turning Facebook into a profitable source. Being the worlds largest social network, consumers and regulators argue how Facebook manages users data. The White House and regulators in Europe believe that users should have complete control over how their personal data used. With all the data provided by the users of Facebook, it is currently starting to be used as the latest advertising platform. Rebecca Lieb, an analyst who studies online advertising for the Altimeter Group, a research firm described Facebook as “one of the biggest platforms in the history of advertising.” In 2011 year alone, Facebook had a $3.7 billion in revenue, an 88% increase from the previous year.

The exigence of this piece is to explain how the Facebook started as a site for college students that soon escalated to a wold wide phenomenon. With so many users posting their lives on a site is starting to arouse controversial topics related to security and profit. The purpose of this piece is to explain personal issues related to Facebook security and ways to make Facebook a money making source.

This topic mainly concerns the users of Facebook. They are the ones who post their personal information and monitor what information is shared to the public. However, young kids are starting to join Facebook and therefore this concerns parents, for they should closely monitor the information their children post on this site.

The piece uses the appeal logos. It includes a multitude of facts and statistics that relate to the topic well. The count of how many people who use Facebook is shocking. This piece was taken from the New York Times. The NYT is a credible news source that daily provides the world with its current happenings. The author of this piece successfully accomplished his piece. 

AOW 23 Catholic Women and the Pill

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/birth-control-and-the-challenge-to-divine-authority/?ref=us

The  thought of requiring certain Catholic hospitals and universities to provide health insurance which covers the cost of birth control aroused a furious reaction from Catholic Bishops. The Catholic faith believes that birth control is a violation of conscience and disobeys the teachings of the Catholic faith. Statistics prove that 98% of sexually active American Catholic Women use birth control . Bishops believe that they represent God and therefore make the decision that birth control should not be taken by Catholic women. They imply that the “real catholics” are those who accept the religious teachings and in other words do not use birth control.

The exigence of this this piece focuses on the usage of birth control in a vast majority of Catholic women. Many women are not respecting the rules of there leader, in this case the bishops, and are going against the Catholic ways. Bishops will certainly not agree to allow Obamas administration to cover birth control in Catholic vicinities. The purpose of this piece is to show how this idea infuriated the bishops and unmasked how many catholic women use birth control.

This piece was taken from the opinion section so therefore it does have a bias point of view however, it does focus on the appeal logos. The piece contains detailed information and statistics regarding how many catholic women use birth control. 

This mainly pertains to Catholic women who are at the age to use birth control. Also, young teens are found using birth control and therefore this article relates to those selects Catholic girls. This is serious issue that the bishops do not want to see any Catholic women no matter what age use the pill.

This piece was taken from the opinion sections in the New York Times. The NYT is a credible news sources that daily provides information on our worlds current happenings. The author of this piece successfully accomplished his purpose. 

AOW 22 Death Valley Volcano

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120125-death-valley-volcano-ubebe-crater-science/?source=hp_dl1_news_volcano20120127

Six hundred feet deep and a mile and a half wide stands California’s Ubehebe Crater located in Death Valley. This volcano once  bursted when rising magma came in contact with water. Sending rocky debris at 200 miles per-hour, a huge bomblike mushroom cloud formed. Scientists are not unsure when this exact event took place but have accusations that it occurred several hundred years ago during the time when Death Valley ares were wetter. Scientists think the mixture of magma and water could be the explanation for why the presence of lakes have long disappeared. Recent studies show that the blast occurred recently, when Death Valley was as it is today. That being said, eruptions are more likely to occur today. 

The exigence of the piece relates to the theories of todays scientist believing the the eruption of this silent volcano is not over. If this volcano were to erupt in the future, the lives of many innocent people will be in jeopardy. People should now take action and prepare themselves for this possible life threatening event. The purpose of this piece is to reveal to the public that the chances of this volcano are high and researchers are currently investigating new information relating to this volcano.

The author of this piece focuses on the appeal logos. This piece provides descents amount of information in regards to the volcanos past, as well as information that has recently been discovered.

The piece concerns everyone but more specifically people living in the volcanos radius. After reading this article, people should prepare themselves and take action before it is to late. 

This piece was taken from National Geographic. National Geographic is a great resource to look for about all of our words current happenings in regards to the environment, animals, space, nature, and a multitude of other topics. NatGeo is a credible resource that has many influential authors that make a topic come alive. The author of this pieces was successful in his writing and therefore accomplished his overall purpose. 

IRB 3 Choice- The Kite Runner

Title: The Kite Runner

Author: Khaled Hosseini

Section 1: 1-124

Section 2: 125-242

Section 3: 243-end 

I choose this book for a multitude of reasons. The first being that my best friend read it and raved about it for the longest time claiming it was the best book she ever had read. The second being it is one of the core novel we read in the 12th grade english however, being in AP, we do not read it therefore, I think it is one of the books that are classified as as a “must read.”