Facebook is using YOU !

Facebook is now selling pieces of stock. But the only thing that Facebook has to provide for the stocks and its money are its users information. The successful website gets its money from different ads that appear from information on someone’s profile. With Facebook making $3.2 billion off of advertising and Google making 10 times that number the use of what somebody sent in a email to things people searched for, many things from the Internet has prevented people to get child custody and to also has say so in situations dealing with the law. There are also companies that are used only to look up information about what people do online. Using other people’s information from online can give off stereotypes. That is NOT against the law and just searching something simple as "Stalking" for a paper for school is used as something to do with my own safety.

After reading this article I am concerned about what I write online. I am concerned because certain things I do online shows what type of person I might be. I also believe the things I write or do over the Internet can be brought up in my future, and I don't want something dumb and stupid that I put on Facebook or Twitter from when I was 15 being held against me when I am all grown up.  I also believe Lori Andrews main point for writing the article was to inform readers about how what we do on the Internet is infected to our privacy and us.

The Upcoming of Fat Tuesday

Our country is getting hyped up for the upcoming of Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday is the ending of celebrations for Mardi gras in towns such as New Orleans. Fat Tuesday is religiously brought up from catholic and French believers. But since Fat Tuesday calls on for the biggest party ever it brings out every type of person, from different backgrounds, to different beliefs to come together and enjoy all the fun. February 21,2012 is the day Fat Tuesday will come this year. With the partying and fun starting way before the day is even thought of the carnival and parade season come along as well. But this is brought up from Mardi gras where these crazy fun parties began, and become a never-ending celebration. During Mardi gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday many green gold and purple beads are thrown, and pounds of foods are eaten. With New Orleans at the top for hosting the best Mardi gras, it is celebrated all over the world.

Well I would like to join the fun and celebrate Mardi gras and Fat Tuesday too. It sounds like a lot of fun and I believe I would enjoy the festivities a lot. I also would like to learn more on the history of the Mardi gras and its celebration. I also was glad to learn that there were seasons for Carnival and Parades, and that was very surprising to learn. I wonder if they celebrate Mardi gras in Philly. I would like to know some info on that as well. Hurray for Mardi gras!

 Fat Tuesday

Im A Criminal and so are YOU !

Michelle Alexander claims she is criminal. When she tells people that they are surprised, they say it because she does not look like one. Therefore, they ask her questions of how she is a criminal and she tells them they are criminals as well. They do not believe they are criminals and they believe the criminals live in the ghettos and worse parts of the city. Then she tells them that breaking the law considers them as criminals and they have not been caught yet. So when she uses the statement that “we are all criminals”, she believes it would have people think about the horrible consequences of freedom of those criminals who actually are caught. Most people look down upon African Americans because of the crimes they committed. Criminals who are caught loose privileges such as the right to vote, or access to education. This punishment is harsh towards somebody who a committed little crime like drugs, which will forever live on in the rest of their lives. If Obama looked at himself as a criminal maybe, he would realize the consequences given to them are too much. Therefore, Ms.Alexander believes the criminals are she and she is the criminals.

This article did make me think. I thought about all the things I did that were considered against the law. I realize, YEAH I am a criminal. However, before reading this article, I didn't really think that what I did could label me as a criminal. Now I think different. I also did look at the things that I believe criminals did and labeled them as Ms. Alexander said we do. I also never knew that criminals had such harsh punishments. It just made me want to do something about it.

Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell

By the use of Adobe's Photoshop software they can turn pictures of celebrities and models into a whole new them. The software lets you change many things on a picture such as removing pimples, shedding weight, and brighten up your skin. People believe this is a problem and that it may cause "UNREALISTIC" goals of how your body should look. Therefore, Dr.Farid and Eric Kee are trying to invent a tool to show off how much fashion and beauty photos have been tainted from a scale of 1 to 5. They got interested in this category because they wanted to research the images from advertisements and fashion magazines. They believe that these images lead up to situations such as eating disorders, anxiety about body image mostly in young women. Dr.Farid and Eric Kee is mainly trying to determine how much the face and the body of the person in the photo was changed and peoples outlooks or opinions on them. So they used before and after photos and made different people rate how much different it looks on the scale from one to five. They believe this would help stop the changes in pictures.

Well I do believe that having pictures of super skinny models and overly perfect images of women cause eating disorders and low self esteem. Because having women on T.V, magazines , and even the internet, where most people spend there day at, may cause people to think that that is the way they’re suppose to look since the girls that look like that are on T.V. and are pretty and get a lot of attention. Having these images, I think makes girls yearn for the attention they have which may cause low self-esteem because it makes them they are not enough or attracted enough. In addition, I do think the images should be labeled to inform people who are reading that the person in the picture really does not look that way.

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an Ipad

The article I read was about how workers who associate with iPhones, iPads, and other Apple products are in dangerous surroundings at work. They gave one example by telling a story about an explosion in Building A5 in the area that iPhone cases were polished at. The company reports that some of its' suppliers had been thrown out the wrong way and they contain dangerous chemicals. A couple incidents dealing with injuries from chemicals to clean the iPhone screen or other explosions have happened at the Chengdu plant. However, the Apple Company is not the only ones dealing with these troubles. Places like Dell, I.B.M, Motorola, Nokia, and many more been having similar situations as well. Apple is trying to help the situation by creating a code of conduct. Nevertheless, some believe Apple really does not care for anything else but there own products. Apple had employees working long sifts for little pay. They also slept in little dorms with barley any room, which was also a desk most employees had to stand all day while on the job. Reports were sent to Apple of unsafe working conditions at the Chengdu plant. There were also complaints about the dangerous aluminum particles. Apple did respond to ANY. With explosions, continuing to go Apple is still popular and will always be the customers care more for Apple products than for Apple working conditions in China.

Well I agree that the conditions of Apples workers still will not change customers mind about buying Apple products or increase Apples popular. But then again I believe it is wrong that people are losing there lives just from working in a simple factory. I think they sound use eco-friendly chemical to use for there products. It would stop the dangerous setting and help the earth as well. But I will not stop buying Apple products because of this even though I do agree on the fact that it is wrong.