11. This is Your MOM´s Mars

Phil Plait, the author of this article is known to write many astronamy related articles. In this article, he talks about a picture taken by MOM (Mar´s Orbiter Mission) and how fascinating it is. He is amazed with the picture because there is just so much to see. He talks about the cloudy parts of the planet and the different colorted regions. He describes each region and tells us about whats going on in those regions.

Plait uses a lot of numbers and facts in this article, and since his job is to write articles, it makes those numbers more reliable. He does an effective job informing the readers about this new picture of mars. By looking at its context, the author is very exicted about this new picture and is willing to share it to everyone. Overall, this article fulfills its purpose, to inform the readers in an objective tone.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/09/29/mom_goes_to_mars_full_disk_view_of_the_red_planet.html

10. The Extinction of Spectator Sports

This article talks about the many advances in spectator sport technology. It quickly mentions things like motion trackers, running pattern tracking software, and heat maps. The advances in spectator sport tech has allowed for the audience to become a part of the sporting experience with virtual reality sets such as the Oculus Rift. The game can be caught from 1st person view with Google Glasses from an athlete's point of view and can be experienced with all the same nail bitting experience. These new advancements have allowed for spectators to take part in the professional sports and makes spectating look really boring.
The author of this article is using less description and information then it would normally need. The descriptions are kind of vague and could use some development. Also this whole article seems more like a long advertisment for various tech items then an actual article about "The Extinction of Spectator Sports"

http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/ibm-how-technology-transforms/the-extinction-of-spectator-sports/168/

#11 How to Stop a Rumor Online

Rumor can be heard every day, everywhere, especially through internets. All the news and information that are in the internets can’t be trusted and can’t be stopped from spreading. Emergent.info is a website where they help detect whether the information is true or false; and if it is false, from where it came from. This site was made to gather data and information to track down where the rumor started and stop from arising new rumors. Usually, rumors starts with social media, and eventually it grow to news, Google search and much more. They also add headlines such as “Rumors” or “Sources” to show that the information is uncertain but also to call attention of the readers. Even though this site is trying to help to solve these rumors from spreading or even starting, when people discover that it was a rumor, thy ignore this fact. The writers will never clarify a rumor just to keep the readers more curious about their next stories. Rumors in internets will never stop from spreading, because once it starts, it never ends.

Megan Garber, the author of this article, uses specific examples and sources to explain her article. She uses more of an informal language in order to engage with the readers but also uses formal language to show her explanations and evidences. While using specific examples of rumors in the beginning of the story, she attracts the readers. Also ironically, she starts her article with rumors, then throughout the article she explains how those are rumors and how people never accept the truth. She tried to persuade the readers to not believe on every story in the internet, but she also tells the side that it is extremely hard to not read them and not believe them. 

11. Why Girls Tend to Get Better Grades Than Boys Do

Across the globe and in all grade levels, girls are earning higher grades than boys are. This was found by a recent study done by professors Daniel and Susan Voyer. They evaluated over a million boys and girls from 30 different countries and found that girls earn higher grades in all subjects. The reason that girls tend to do better is because they have overall better self-regulation. This means they are able to pay attention, listen to directions, stay organized, and wait their turn during class. Girls are more conscientious and therefore plan ahead and stay organized for school. Nowadays grades are less about the big test at the end of the semester and more about completing and handing in the daily work. Boys have a different approach to schoolwork that doesn't match well with the way the educational system is nowadays

The author uses many different sources to provided the informational evidence for the article. He names various studies done by different professors that prove why girls do better in school. He writes in a very casual way, as if fascinated by the subject. At one point he even says that a certain part of the article greatly interested him. He writes in third person until the last couple of paragraphs of the article where he makes a smooth transition into the first person point of view. He not only talks about why girls to well in school bu also why boys seem to be doing badly. This provided information from both sides and the reader is able to better understand the overall topic.

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/why-girls-get-better-grades-than-boys-do/380318/?single_page=true

11. How to Stop a Rumor Online (Before the Rumor Becomes a Lie)

This article is about a website that has just been activated that can monitor anything that is emerging in the press. Any rumor can be monitored to see how it is being spread and if it is being spread with or without change. She explains how the internet  moves quickly and how any rumor that emerges can spread like wildfire. They "don't just spread extremely quickly ; they are also extremely difficult to contain." One of this website's main goal is to see the credibility of the rumors that are around these days on the internet. They can track how the rumor was spread to see if the rumor is real or not. She talks about a story that has been very popular these days of a woman that said she had implanted a third breast. The website has proven that this story is not real and that all the information was made up. This website proved that the ISIS leader had not been killed (there is a recent rumor that he was killed in a American airstrike). This website can see how many times the post was shared and how the shared posts were modified. This can be very useful for all the millions of rumors that are alive in the internet today.
The author is successful with this article because she first explains the importance of all the article and then defines the subject clearly. She uses examples that grab the reader's interest and that helps the idea be better explained. She explains well how the website works and why it matters to us readers. THe definitions and the evidences are convincing  and it helps the overall passage.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/how-to-stop-a-rumor-online-before-the-rumor-becomes-a-lie/380778/

#11 "Fox News column takes on campus sexual assault — and pretty much gets things right"

           Fox News does not have the best reputation on addressing the issue of campus sexual assault. Many of the times, the news has agreed and concluded that the blame for the rape incidents was on the women. However, recently a contributor from Fox News, Gregg Jarrett, has said the opposite. On his recent column, he explains how it is not the victim’s fault, but rather the rapist and the college. He points out how the college is wrong on how they do not give much attention to these rape cases and consider it unimportant. Jarrett firmly believes that it is not the women’s fault nor is it a case to be overlooked; he rather explicitly states how sexual assault is a crime and police have to investigate it just like they would investigate a normal crime.

           Jenny Kutner, author of this article, completely agrees with Gregg Jarrett. She supports Jarrett’s points of view and explains how she agrees with him. To support her thoughts, she uses Jarrett’s article. Her attitude towards this subject is strong and protective: she agrees on how rape in colleges should be taken more seriously and not “slut shamed”. Her language is good, simple, and concise, making her point clear to all readers. Overall, the article was written to express her agreement and her thought on the topic of rape in colleges and its aftermath. 

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/26/fox_news_column_takes_on_campus_sexual_assault_and_pretty_much_gets_things_right/

11. Science Graphic of the Week: Three Ways to Visualize Our Melting Northern Ice Cap

The polar ice caps are melting, due to climactic change. To better illustrate this article provides three illustrations. The first is a series of pictures taken every month since 1979, demonstrating the outline of the polar ice caps. The second illustration is a gif that show the volume of water being shed by plotting it on a grid. The third and final illustration is a animation of the earth as seen from outer space showing the fluctuation of 2014.

                Everyone is sick of hearing; the polar ice caps are melting, global warming, and destruction eminent. However this article present in a new and informative way  just real this problem is, and any reader that happens upon this article does not need a PhD to understand the illustrations. The Author, Nick Stockton, relies heavily on other sources in his article, to give credit for the illustrations as well as authenticate his article.  Besides that there is little more to be found than the pictures themselves.  

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/science-graphic-ice-caps/

11. Hospitals Are Billing Rape Victims Thousands of Dollars for Exams

This article begins by talking about the Violence Against Women Act amended on 2005 that guaranteed free medical forensic exams for victims of sexual assault that go to the hospital. These exams were known as the SANE exams or rape kits, and were necessary for professionals to collect evidence of the crime. In Louisiana however, rape victims were returning from the ER with medical bills that totaled more than a thousand dollars. This was not only due to the hospital's failures to follow the law but also because of the limitations of the VAWA. The article explains that rape kit doesn't cover tests for pregnancy and STI's, emergency contraception, post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, or treatment for injuries that happened during the attack. A victim for Louisiana even said that they even charged just for the ER visit and she paid a $600 bill to cover her HIV drugs and another $860 for the ER visit. They also offer reimbursement, but the victims have to file a police report and they can't have committed any felonies in the past five years, "acted" in any way that might have contributed to the rape and can't be involved in any illegal activity during the crime. The article explains how the government should be paying for the examination of the victims, because having victims speak up is already a problem and they shouldn't have to be "traumatized twice."
The author of this article, Amanda Hess, is pretty straightforward in this article. She begins by stating the VAWA and then goes on to describe how the rules have not been followed and how limited this law is. She gives various examples of how the act is limited and has evidence and sources for her examples, which makes her article and example credible. Amanda uses a higher, more professional vocabulary in this article, including medical terms, and more complex sentences, meaning that this article is for an older audience. She also includes how she thinks the VAWA could be made better and includes how 'local lawmakers have been spurred.' She ends the article with a quote from the state representative, Helena Moreno.

11. Economists: Your Parents Are More Important Than Ever

            Thompson opens his article by saying that social mobility in America is actually “social immobility.” He says how even if students have a great shot at moving up their income, most fail to do so. Around 8% of kids born in the 1980’s to the country’s least-earning families actually managed to make it to reach the top level of earnings today. Most people’s location on the economic ladder depends on where they’re born. This means a child’s future is greatly determined by their parents’ economic status. The income of parents is the first thing that influences a child. Rich parents’ kids are 80% more likely to go to college than those of poor parents. Also, teenage girls from poor families are 37% more likely to get pregnant than those from rich families. The second thing that determines a child’s future is their parents’ marriage (or living arrangement). Children of married parents have a greater probability of getting ahead than children of single parents. Thompson, however, also states that rich single parents’ kids tend to be richer than poor married couple’s kids. This does mean that low-income parents have even lower-income kids, who are more likely to become single parents and raise their children in that same way.  The third determinant is that parents decide where their child lives, and opportunities vary greatly from place to place. He then explains how it is easier for people to raise their income in cities such as Salt Lake City or San Francisco rather than Atlanta or Charlotte. He ends with David Wessel’s summary of the report: "Though mobility hasn’t worsened, inequality has. Winning the birth lottery matters more than ever."

Derek Thompson, a senior editor at The Atlantic wrote about the economy and how parents are important for a child’s economic future. The article was informational and he explained 3 ways about how parents determine their child’s future economically. He uses data information to add credibility to his article. He also included a map of the United States showing the areas in which it is easier or harder to grow in the economic ladder. His diction is informal to make it easy for all readers to understand the information presented. He ended in a very strong way using a summary of the report by David Wessel (American writer and journalist). This causes the reader to remember everything he just read and make his own conclusions about it.  

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/economists-your-parents-are-more-important-than-ever/283301/

11. "Looking for Moose to Moon over"

The author begins this article with an interesting attention getter; the crisis of wanting to please his son by letting him watch animal shows, while at the same time not wanting to allow his son too much time on T.V. This introduction helps the reader to give attention to the full article, by being interesting, yet simple. The story contains one of the vacations that the narrator and his family went on to try and see moose. In this article, the author describes the first time his son, Henrik, had seen a moose.  The author, his two sons, (Anders and Henrik), and his wife Amy, were all very surprised the first time that they saw a bull moose. The conclusion proves that the experience of seeing animals in reality is so much more valuable than seeing them on T.V. This connects the introduction and conclusion, wrapping up the essay with strong, descriptive writing.

Axelson uses descriptive language and real facts throughout his narrative article. These forms of writing make the article much more interesting and make the reader feel as if he is experiencing what the Axelson family felt. Instead of merely saying antlers, the author wrote “two branches of velvet extending from either side of its head” to describe the bull moose that he saw. This writing enriches the article, and causes the reader to enjoy reading it. Also, throughout the entire essay the author does a good job of describing the entire family vacation without elaborating too much on the details. Overall, the essay was very well-written, and had strong language usage throughout.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/travel/looking-for-moose-to-moon-over.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region&_r=1

11. The Woman with the Bionic Eye

Fran Fulton is a 66 year old woman who suffers from retinitis pimentosa, an eye disease which causes light cells of the retina to die. She has been blind for about 10 years, until the Argus II system was created. Argus II is a pair of camera-equipped glasses that are hooked up to electrodes implanted on the eyeball, in this case in Fulton’s eyeball, which feed her brain visual information. The Argus II is made up of three parts: an electrode array, a pair of glasses, and a converter box. The pair of glasses is used for a camera. The image of this camera is transmitted into the converter box, which can be carried in a pocket or a purse. Then the box sends signals to the electrode array which is implanted onto the patient’s retina; eventually sending visual signals to the brain. Robert Greenberg is the president and CEO of the Second Sight, the company that developed the Argus II. The author quoted Greenberg, “Greenberg says its best imagined as looking like a pixilated image, or staring at a digital scoreboard held just in front of your eyes. There are regions of light and dark that collectively the brain recognizes as an image.” Fulton says it is difficult to describe what she sees, “People say you’ll see shapes, but it’s the electrical impulses, and it’s about learning how to interpret them. It’s not that it’s hard; it’s just a learning curve. It’s something that I’m learning.” What Fulton can really see is areas of light and dark. Her awareness of objects around her has improved immensely, “I am able to now identify doorways and objects on the street. I can’t tell you whether it’s a flowerpot or a homeless person collecting money, but I can tell you there’s an object there.” People who have lost their sight because of a damaged retina cannot participate in this project. But for someone like Fulton who has good retina yet lost her sight along the years, being able to see again is exciting.

               The purpose of this article was to inform. Through the entire article the author was explaining and informing the reader about the new project called Argus II, which is allowing blind people to be able to see again. Rose Eveleth, the author, used informal language to connect with the reader and made good use of transitions and her grammar. Eveleth’s article was an easy and interesting piece to read because she shows the reader both the experience of a patient with the camera-equipped glasses in her eyeball and the producer of the Argus II. The quotes she used from both sides are well blended in with her topic and add to her objective for this article. This piece was about two pages long, which is a reasonable size compared to the amount of detailed information Eveleth used to inform the audience. The article has a good conclusion showing how the patient learned to live with her new eye and how thankful she was to get her sight back; the author even provided the reader with a picture of Fulton and her family. It was a well written article, informing all who read about the impact and improvement that science has in humans’ life.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/the-woman-with-the-bionic-eye/380817/

11. Kathryn Knott proves how shaky your patient privacy is

     Kathryn Knott, a ER technician, turned herself in to the Philadelphia police for being envolved with the beating of two homosexuals. After some investigation, her social media pages stated to attract many views. There, she expresses homophobia, drunkenness, and unethical references towards her pages; including pictures. She would pots pictures of her patients x-rays accompanied by inappropriate comments. Some were “Why would you clean your gutters in the rain?”, “Kid had way too much fun at lacosta last night. Swallowed a pen spring." or “the locals of lansdale are gross come to the ER & see for urself.” Knott was fired from her job and the hospital stated a investigation on the other technician`s twitter accounts. The author points out that since Knott did not name any of the patients, he might never face other law suits. However, there are many other people doing the same as Knott. A doctor stated in contrast to Randy Cohen`s "The Ethicist", public displays of such humor on the Internet, along with photos that even if not identified could be identifiable, are inappropriate and unprofessional."
     This article is written by Mary Elizabeth Williams to Salon. This is a very efficient informative article. They author talks about the unethical actions that technicians take online towards their patients. She starts with the example of Kathryn Knott. After the resolution of that case, she talks about other similar. She then states a counterargument for the problem. Her closing paragraph leaves the reader with a shock, since the reader themselves are patients. They are the ones being treated as punch lines.

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/26/kathryn_knott_proves_how_shaky_your_patient_privacy_is/

11. The Oldest Known Star in the Universe

The oldest start we know of, HD 140283, has been discovered and dated to be 14.3 billion years old. But how can it be if the universe only has 13.82 billion years? Scientists date starts by analyzing how much metals is in them. By taking high-resolution spectra, special-filtered pictures that display quantities of substances, they calculate the metallicity of stars. "As a rule of thumb, the older the star is, the fewer metals it has in it." The HD 140283, one of the targets for this metallicity research, checked all the boxes required for it to be analyzed. It was near the sun, less than 200 light years away, there is no galactic dust in the way which may alter results, and most important, it's at the end of its life. All these characteristics have led scientists to determine the 14.3 billion years of age. However, factors such as how much oxygen is in the star (which is unknown) and how much dust is in the way interfere. As a results, an error bars of about +-0.8 billion years is taken into consideration. With this, the age of the star ends up being an approximate 13.5 billion years, which is just about right. For now, this is the oldest star in the universe. However, it is very unlikely to be so due to the number of stars out there is such vast universe.
Phil Plait, author of this article, is an astronomer and is responsible for all of Slate's astronomy related posts. His article was purely informative and straight forward. He states the processes scientists use  and explains them to the audience. His writing and word choice are simple, however, there are some specific scientific words that readers might not be familiar with. To solve this, Plait left a link attached to them in which he explains them in other detailed articles. Although he is an expert on the subject, he doesn't seem to use any quotes from researches and other experts, making the paper lack some credibility. He also seems to contradict himself at one point. He says "the sky is clear of galactic dust" which is an advantage of looking at that specific star. Later he says one of the difficulties of getting the age is that scientists don't know "how much dust is between us and it." Other than that, he is thorough in his explanations and does successfully informs the audience.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/09/26/oldest_star_astronomers_have_found_the_most_ancient_known_star.html

11. Coming Out at Work

 In his article, Jordan Weissmann talks about the transparency of salaries from different workplaces. He explains that many companies choose to leave their salaries a secret, scared that it will affect both the workers and the applicants. In fact, about 60% of private-sector workers have  However, Weissmann tells a brief account about a certain company called Buffer that enforces and willingly exposes the salary income of its workers to the public. The company would not only expose the income, but they would also post details of each worker's position, seniority, and local cost of living. By doing so, they would get feedbacks from both people within the company and outside on how they could change certain things to make the company bettter. After having published all these details to the public, Buffer has reported that they have had more job applicants than any other time. On the other hand, another company known as SumAll have had problems within their community when they first tried to put the salaries out online. One of their workers furiously quit after having seen that she was making much less than her colleagues. Though they faced these problems, the company's CEO has decided to keep posting the salaries online in order to make life easier for him and his workers.
 Weissmann's message is clearly and successfully transmitted through this article. He makes sure to use details that show both the pros and cons of his main topic- which would be "the transparency of salaries from different workplaces." He supports his pros and cons by using two accounts from two different companies: Buffer and SumAll. However, his article lacks good tranistions. It gets a little confusing when he transitions from talking about Buffer to SumAll. The change is so sudden and abrupt that it takes a little while for the reader to understand that the author has changed subjects. The length of the article is not too long nor too short, and his topic was well-developed and supported with good evidences. Overall, it was a good informative article.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/building_a_better_workplace/2014/09/salary_transparency_why_it_s_great_for_small_businesses.single.html

11. More Discrimination Against the Sick

John C. Goodman, in his article, talks about the discrimination, and the unfair treatment by heathcare companies, of "the sick." He explains that, since insurance companies make a profit from healthy patients, but not from truly sick and needy ones, they often trick people who need desperate treatment, like cancer or HIV patients, into paying mire than they promised and getting less priviledges. He gives several examples of lawsuits that have been filed against various insurance companies for various different reasons which can be summed up in tricking patients into paying costs astronomically higher than they were initiall promised. Even large, well-known companies such as Cigna and Blue Shield. At the end of the article, Goodman notes that these cases are practically part of the system by now, and these intolerable practices have been around for over 20 years already.

The author's objectiveness in this article was very well-used and was definitely appropriate for the topic. He cited many different specific medical cases as evidence to support his initial claim, which made his argument practically unbreakable. He used transitions well throughout the piece, and balanced very well the use of quotes with his own words. The conclusion to his article, however, was not very well-written, as the article seems to simply cut off at one point, leaving the reader expecting there to be more. In his article he analyzes a problem, but he offers no solution or any kind of insight at the end of it. Overall, Goodman's arguments were solid and his persuasion was effective and well-worded, providing objective information while at the same time proving a point.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2014/09/26/more-discrimination-against-the-sick/

11. Careful What You Click For

In this article, Rachel Marie Stone talks about how people are clicking things in the internet. She starts off the article by giving an example talking about how her grandmother, who liked to watch television, only watched channels that she disagreed on. Stone connects this example with the fact that many people click on links in the Internet that they disagree with, including Stone herself. Then, she goes on explaining why people shouldn't do that. She argues that clicking in the internet is like casting a vote. Articles with the loudest voice usually gains the most votes, but they are also the trending topic. Stone also mentions a TED talk by Sally Kohn, “what gets the most clicks wins.” And how Sally also talks about other things about clicking and how people are also editors. Sally also gives other resources from a college teacher called Jenell Paris. Then, Stone talks about Psalms and Proverbs and how people can either the follow the way of wisdom or the way of folly. People follow the way of folly, but God follow the way of wisdom with his words. Words are strong and have a world-making power. Therefore, people should click on the good things.

Stone does a good job explaining her point and giving examples to support her evidence. However, sometimes I feel like she strays off from her topic. Stone gives examples about her grandmother as an introduction to her article. Then, she explicitly states her opinion and gives evidence from the TED talk, which also gets her resource from another person, which allows the readers see how there are people who agree and argue about their point. However, at the TED talk, I feel like Stone strays from her topic. When she also mentions about the Bible, I don't understand what she means. I feel like she comes back to her topic only at the last sentence. Therefore, Stone explicits her point and supports her evidence, but she also strays from her topic.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2014/september/careful-what-you-click-for.html

10. NASA Craft in Mars’s Orbit, to Study Its Air

NASA`s latest spacecraft, Maven has started orbiting Mars, at 10:25 pm Sept 21, 2014. The purpose of the most recent gadget is to record data on Mars` outer atmosphere. But for now it will be used to observe a comet that is to fly by mars on Oct 19. Investigators want to observe the effect of the heat and ices from the comet have on Mars` atmosphere. Investigators are using this time and place and aircraft to study Mars with the theory that it once had significant level of CO2 and was warm enough to have water. Mainly the aircraft`s data will be used to determine how and at what rate the Martian atmosphere is deteriorating. Soon however India’s own probe MOM will join Maven and the other 2 probes.

The tone of the author in the article is objective and impersonal. Kenneth Chang does not give his opinion in the article. He simply states the facts about the probe; its purpose, history, and upcoming inquiries. As well a an unbiased background of the Mars space program that involves other probes and a few rovers. As can be seen by the following: "After a 33-minute engine firing, mission controllers received acknowledgment at about 10:25 p.m. Eastern time that Maven was in orbit around Mars.", "Maven is not the only new visitor to Mars. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, is to swing into orbit on Tuesday night Eastern time.", and etc.     

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/science/space/nasa-craft-mars.html?ref=science&_r=0

10. The Science of the Midnight Snack

The point of this article is to inform the reader why people crave junk food at night. The author begins the article by telling a personal story of going to Burger King when he was in college. This attention gather pulls the reader in . After the short story he goes on to say that many studies have shown that a lot of people are more apt to eat calorie heavy foods during the night. He then mentions that it seems that our cravings are more related to our internal clock than to actual hunger. He explains the specific scientific side of midnight cravings by naming the hormones involved.

He then goes on to explain how everything is brought together by a person's sleeping habits. Since at night we don't burn as many calories there is a blood sugar drop which tells our bodies that it's time to sleep, but if we stay awake we feel the need to compensate for this drop by eating high calorie foods.
In conclusion, the main solution to stop midnight cravings is to get some sleep. Throughout the article the author cites many studies made about the subject. At one point he even includes a graph about food preferences per hour. He ends the article by giving another personal story relating to the one he used at the beginning, tying it all together.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-science-of-the-midnight-snack/380510/

10.How Sugar Daddies Are Financing College Education

This article is revolved around a website that sets up "mutually beneficial relationships." It has become very popular recently and lots of young female university students have been part of it to get get money from rich, old, succesful men in exchange for "relationships." The website is called Seeking Arrangement and explains with examples how this website works like. He says that this website covers the fact that they are promoting prostitution "benefiting" young girls with money and the old, successful people with a young intelligent dates. He criticizes this website and say they try to hide the concept of paying for sex, but that is what is usually happening in this website. The author also spends some time explaining how these men do not primarily look at apperances when searching for a date. He gives examples of young girls that did not consider themselves attractive that got dates because of there intelligence. They say they choose someone intelligent to make it something more "real," make the date more than just sex. They want someone to understand what they do, someone to go with them in business trips and someone that know about intellectual things. This dating website is a way of making the young girl's life easier with a small cost.
The author is very succesful with this article. He starts with an example that illustrates the life of a young girl in this program. This intro is very succesful because it gives a heads up of what the article is about and it kind of shocks the reader giving curiosity. He does a good job of first defining the "problem" and then giving proof and examples of how it is bad. The examples help the reader understand the program a little better and helps the message he is wanting to transmit more clear.


http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/how-sugar-daddies-are-financing-college-education/379533/?single_page=true

#10 Why I Don't Like Being Called Religious

The author in this article has been called religious for various reasons. For going to church every Sunday, for not liking some of the things the world did because she thought it was wrong, for simply living according to the bible. In this article, the author explains how people see Christianity as a religion and not as a relationship with God. She explains how in the small town that she lives, there aren’t much church, and people usually don’t go to church on Sundays; and those that go, not all of them are going because they are true Christians, but because they want the title Christian. In this article, the author tries to tell the reason why she does not like being called religious. The first things is because she feels that being called religious seems negative. That somehow it seems like those people that are different in an unattractive way, how it makes them look moralistic.  Also, she does not consider this a religion, but a relationship.  She also explains how people back in the bible times did not see Jesus as some kind of a religious guy, but more like someone who they can rely on. She wishes that the world was more like Jesus, and wishes that the world considered Christianity more like a relationship rather than religion.

In this article, the author is being very persuasive about her point of view. She uses strong word choice in order to get her point straight. She also uses words and sentence structures to give a tone that is firm to what she thinks. Also, she tells her personal experience in this article in order to engage better with the reader. She made the story shorter and easier to read, so that the readers wouldn’t get bored while they read the story. 

10. A Rare Virus Plagues Back-to-School Season

Summer has ended and schools is just right around the corner. Students are starting to attend school, however, a rare virus has infected many students. Will Cornejo, a 13-year old boy, is one of the victim of this virus. He told his mom about a sickness he might have, but his mother thought it was just a cold and did not pay that much attention to the sickness. Soon, Will started to become very sick, so his mother called 911. This virus causes difficulty in breathing and coughing problems. This virus has infected many students in Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia. More than 400 kids have been infected with this rare virus. A director for infectious disease have practiced for more than 30 years in pediatrics and she has never seen something like this. The only solution for now is to wash your hands, cover your mouth when you sneeze, and to stay home when your sick.

The author of this article, Olga Khazan, does not share her thoughts about this article. The reason why she wrote this was to inform the readers about a rare virus that is spreading among students. She is very effective in telling us this information by using quotes from reliable people. However, while i was reading this article, it seemed like the author was rushing through her work. I believe the author could of developed the article more.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/a-rare-virus-plagues-back-to-school-season/379798/

10. “I Will Listen”: How social media can fight the stigma of mental illness

     Unfortunately, many people suffer from mental illness. Most of those people chose to conceal the difficulties they are facing from family and friends due to various reasons, even if the person can help. The National Alliance on Mental Illness investigated this and found out that many patients hide because of the fear of being stigmatized. They teamed up with JWT New York marketing company and formed the "I Will Listen" campaign. The idea is for the patients to find support and give support in social media, like Facebook, Instagram, twitter, and Vimeo. Since 2013 hundreds of people have shared their experiences with mental illness. Also, many colleges have organized a "day without headphones". This is dedicated to students hearing their peers needs. Philadelphia also held a day fair in June to inspire the participants of the project. The NAMI-NYC found that there is a need to address the discrimination being held towards the mental deficiencies. There idea that the patients illnesses is somebody's fault has been replaced with the idea that their disorders are incurable. The discrimination they face throughout simple life experiences intensifies their fear. There has been ever since a reduction on people looking to medical support. However it has been addressed that a way to counteract this problem is throughout contact. People who carry the disorder will then carry less negativity towards themselves. “One in four Americans may experience some form of mental illness,” Kane says. “But four in four people can participate and make a difference.”

     In this article written by Daisy Yuhas for Scientific American, the author informs the reader about the common problem of prejudice towards mental illness, why it is caused, and how it can be solved. The author uses contemporary language and a passive tone. She starts out by explaining about the cam pangs for helping the patients. Then she talks about how discrimination affects them in a positive way. In the end of the essay there is a certain aspect of hope. The author shows how those people with mental disorders can be helped.

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/21/“i_will_listen”_how_social_media_can_fight_the_stigma_of_mental_illness_partner/ 

10. Planned Parenthood Is About to Make It a Lot Easier to Get Birth Control

This article is about the program that Planned Parenthood has launched that allows patients from Minnesota and Washington to order birth control online. This service includes talking to an online nurse and receiving the package unmarked at their house. This service was created so that clients in rural areas can have access to birth control. An appealing factor about this new service is that it is extremely discreet, which is great for people who don't want to be seen going into a family planning clinic or for young people who don't want their parents to find out that they are sexually active. This new program can also help prevent people from ordering birth control from disreputable and illegal online pharmacies. This feature is good for young people because they don't have a relationship with a doctor that they can get subscriptions from. This program even has an app, and getting birth control has become easier for many people.
The author of this article, Amanda Marcotte, is very biased about the birth control situation and thinks that it is a health service that should be available for everyone, without subscriptions. She uses quotes from doctors in her article and gives many examples of the benefits of ordering birth control online. She added her additional research of googling "buy birth control" and checked the many sketchy websites that offered birth control without subscription. This shows that she was serious about her article and gives her examples and information credibility. She also adds her own personal opinion on how she thinks that this Planned Parenthood program extends to many states, not just Minnesota and Washington.

10. The word "religious"

The author begins the article by using an example of her own experiences with being called “religious.” This is a good introduction, since the reader becomes aware of the author’s position.  Becker then proceeds to explain that being a Christian is not about the name or going to church; it’s about having a relationship with Christ. She also states how religion can help this relationship. Becker did a good job in using her own experiences and tying them together with the importance of continuing the walk with God by going to church. The danger of being too religious is that Christians can become proud and think of themselves as better than others. The author clearly states why she likes and dislikes the term “religious” throughout the article, and uses back up information for each reason. 

 Becker’s use of informal language creates a comfortable atmosphere for the reader. She also uses evidence from her own personal experiences and the Bible. Becker closes with the idea that we can proclaim religiosity as long as we proclaim Jesus' love above all else. The article was written for an adult audience, more specifically Christian. There is no persuasive language in her writing, however Becker encourages fellow Christians to reflect Jesus by living our religious lives. In the closing sentence, the author states how she longs to be a light to the people around her. This conclusion is meant to be an encouragement for the reader to reflect on; that we should live our lives like Jesus did, thus bring people to him. The authors main emphasis is that the example that Jesus set is what we should live by, more than having the status of "religious." Overall it was a short, but effective essay about being like Jesus was; being religious the right way.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/amyjuliabecker/2014/september/why-i-dont-like-being-called-religious.html

10. Why I Don't Like Being Called Religious

In this article, Amy Julia Becker talks about the fact that she does not like being called religious. Becker starts by explaining why people call her religious, and why she is different from other people. She talks about the fact that just by going to the church Sundays, writing, and listening to musical CD's is different from other people. She understands why people call her a religious person, but she feel as if they were calling her names. Becker believes that,"Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s a relationship with God.” Yet, many times Christians need religion to sustain their relationship with God. While Jesus was alive, the religious people were those that persecuted Jesus and killed him. However, Jesus was different. He followed God's rules and if the peoples rule was wrong, he would go against the law to do what he believed was right. What Becker means when she says that she does not like being called Christian is that she does not want to be seen as the same people as those who persecuted Jesus. She wants people to call her religious with a positive feeling, an act of grace that God has given us humans.
Becker argues why she does not like the fact of being called a religious person. First, she adds the weak point of her essay. She writes why people call her religious and understands it. Then, she explains that it is not the fact that being called religious that she does not like, but the fact that people see a religious person as a negative thing. She explains what Christianity is and why it does not count as a religion, but is, at the same time, a religion. She explains the difference between a religious person and God's people. Lastly, she adds the article summarising everything she said.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/amyjuliabecker/2014/september/why-i-dont-like-being-called-religious.html

#10 "The iPhone 6's Weird Affair of the Heart"

           The iPhone 6 went on sale on Friday, September 19^th of 2014. The massive, worldwide launch of the product not only was joyful for some people, but also a devastating event. While some were successfully able to buy their precious, new phone, others had to face a tragedy. In Sydney, Australia, a few people had to face the hardship of not attaining their gadgets and continuously wait until the arrival of more iPhones. The flagship store in 5^th Avenue in New York City was packed and the waiting line outside was enormous. All these people, whether in American or elsewhere, were waiting for a long time (even nights) to but a single thing: the iPhone 6.

           Mary Elizabeth Williams, author of the article, disagrees with the people who waited outside for the phone. Although it is a new phone, she expresses her ridiculousness by saying, “But waiting for hours to pay full price for something? That doesn’t even make sense”. She believes that is a waste of time and effort, since one could easily purchase the phone at a local mall or order it to their house. However, she explains the patters of these people, who spend their time waiting outside of stores, by informing the readers how these people feel by joining the massive line, they’ve joined a club. Because she disagrees with such actions, she provides an explainable reason behind her opinion. She believes that it is because the new iPhone not only does not appeal to females, but also because men are usually more attracted on waiting in line for something “special”, in terms of gadgets and technology. To support her passage and prove that this particular event was not really fun, she provides evidences from different news and anecdotes about this day. Her overall tone is very casual and conversational even. She is very humorous, expressing her points in very witty saying such as, “My ovaries, meanwhile, render me incapable of the tenacity, determination and no doubt stealth peeing skill needed to pull off a wait of great duration to obtain one”. She clearly states her point of view and wraps her article by saying, “But the heart wants what it wants, and it wants to suffer a little — or to pay somebody else to suffer. It wants cold and sleep deprivation. It wants, for one day, an experience — one that takes place in the real world, surrounded by other humans,”, meaning that despite its foolishness and inconvenience, people end up doing what they want to do.

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/19/the_iphone_6s_weird_affair_of_the_heart/

10. The Distress Of Waking Up Under Anesthesia

            A woman named Sandra, who despite being on anesthesia was conscious during an orthodontic operation, wrote a foreward to The Royal College of Anaesthetists’ and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland’s new report. The largest survey of “accidental awareness during anesthesia” (AAGA) resulted from four years of research in hospitals of the U.K. and Ireland and 300 anecdotal reports. In the introduction, the editors explain usually when faced with AAGA, people usually don’t believe it because anesthesia and human consciousness are not very well understood. The project was made to understand how and when AAGA happens. Reports show it happens about one time in every 19,000 surgeries using anesthesia. The report shows a majority of AAGA instances only last around 5 minutes, and only 18% of people said they felt pain. Other information they found was that 42% of people said they couldn’t move, 37% heard noises or voices, and 11% couldn’t breathe or felt suffocated. Half of the patients felt distressed, the other half was “neutral” (distress was more common among the patients who couldn’t move). Half all patients who had AADA suffered some type of long-term effect. People who had post-traumatic stress disorders because of it could either be troubled for a few weeks, many years, or maybe their whole lives. They also found that 85% of people who had it told others about it but only 50% told the hospital staff, and when they told people, of the people who told hospital staff, 1/3 were ignored or simply not believed. The report recommends support from physicians and other healthcare workers when a patient reports an experience like this. Sadly, only 12 out of 360 U.K. hospitals surveyed protocols for dealing with this issue. In her foreward, Sandra wrote that the hospital did not apologize at the time for what happened, but this NAP5 Report goes a long way to make up for lack of apologies.

            Julie Beck, a senior associate editor for The Atlantic, wrote this article. It is mostly informative, used to transmit information from a study, but it also includes her insight on it. She speaks of movies (2007 film Awake) and how it includes a setting similar to what the research talks about. She cleverly wrote that as a hook so the reader could connect what is happening to something they already saw, making it more enjoyable and a little easier to understand. She includes various specific data information and links to the official report, to show the information comes from a reliable source. The author was successful in explaining the information in a simple way for the reader to easily understand what the report means.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-distress-of-waking-up-under-anesthesia/380538/