"Chris Brown & Rihanna"

   A recent article called "Chris Brown, Rihanna collaborate on 2 song remixes" is being talked about a lot. In this article tells how Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together, "musically speaking." Two songs on the internet features Chris Brown singing making a remix to the song "Birthday Cake." And Rihanna is featured on Chris Browns song "Turn up the Music." Back in 2009, Chris Brown attacked Rihanna at a pre-Grammy awards party. He received five years of probation to a felony charge. I have a lot of opinions about this article. I think that the thought of Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together is a bad idea! My reason is because he is abusive to her! And that is disrespect. I believe that you should never let a man hit on you and be disrespectful to you. I also think that maybe if they are really in love then its okay. Some people are in love so much that they can forgive that person for anything they have done. However I think that if they were going to get back together then Rihanna never should have gotten a restraining order. According to the article, the order had required Chris Brown to stay 50 yards away from Rihanna, but the restriction was reduced to 10 yards if they were at a music industry event.

After 3 years of avoiding Chris brown, he returns back in her life when the two collaborated musically. I believe that there is good and bad in   the situation of them being back together.

I'm a criminal and so are you

The article "I'm a criminal and so are you" is really interesting to me. Its brings up a good point that people don’t realize. Michelle Alexander talks about how everyone is a criminal, but they just don’t know it. How people think that criminal only exist in ghettos mainly or in jail. That is not the case, because there are criminals all around us. If you have ever broken a law like smoking, or drinking under age you are criminals according to Michelle Alexander.” You are a criminal that just has not be caught, You’re still a criminal, no better than many of those who've been branded felons for life” says Michelle Alexander.

I agree with Michelle, because yes this is true. We tend to think that we are better than people in jail, but we are not because we might be doing the same thing that they were put in jail for. However I also disagree with Michelle. My reason is because she is saying that people should not treat criminals any different. I believe that it depends on what type of criminal it is. For example, I do believe that rapist and murderers should be treated different, because f what they did. I know I’m a criminal because I break laws, but I have never went as far a murdering someone. I think that’s wrong! They should be looked t differently.

Michelle Alexander says that “ Criminals can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded fro juries and legally discriminated against in employment.” I think this should only be toward certain types of criminals.

Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell

The article Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell, is about how alot of people are now photoshopping their pictures to make them look better. Dr.Farid who became interested in the photoshopping problem after reading about the Photo labeling proposals in Europe. He is proposing software tool for measuring how much fashion and beauty photos have been alteres. Seth Matlins who is a former talent agent and marketing executive said that “this could be hugely important tool for measuring the degree to which photos have been altered.

Researchers believe that the images contribute to eating disorders and anxiety about body types. In my opinion, I think that it is okay to edit your pictures. However I don’t think its okay to edit a picture so much it looks like a whole different person. I believe that that’s being fake because its not the real you. People should keep there real beauty in there pictures. In the article Mr.Matlins said, “we’re not trying to demonize Photoshop or prevent creative people from using it. But if a person’s image is drastically altered, there should be a reminder that what you’re seeing is about as true as what you saw in ‘Avatar’. I agree with him.
I think that people should cut back on photoshopping their pictures, and let people see who you really are. People need to realize that their pictures don't have to be perfect. People would rather see a real picture then an edited picture. 

"In China Human Costs are Built Into an Ipad"

     This article is about how companies go to china to make apple products, instead of staying in the United States. They know that the United States has more laws, and they can’t work people as much as they can in china. They work more than 60 hours a week at a company called Foxconn. Employees who were late had to write confession letters. The problem is that the workers are working in an unsafe environment, sometimes deadly. 

     One man named Lia Xiaodong wanted to work for manufacturing companies. So he went to Chengdu, a city in China of 12 million. The city was rapidly becoming one of the worlds most important manufacturing hubs.

     Lia wanted to work at Foxconn Technology, which was Chinas largest exporter with 1.2 million workers. When Lia landed a job repairing machines he noticed that many things were wrong, like the almost blinding lights, the shifts that ran 24 hours a day, workers sitting in backless chairs. The employees were being miss treated and were being worked to hard in bad conditions.

            Foxconn was in charge of a team that maintained machines that polished iPad cases, which made the area loud and hazy with aluminum dust. This dust created an explosion killing 4 people and 18 injured. Lia was killed. However just 2 weeks before the aluminum dust explosion a group in Hong Kong made a report warning of unsafe conditions at the Chengdu plant, including problems with aluminum dust. Workers also reported the problem of poor ventilation and inadequate personal protective equipment.

            I really think that the owners of the Foxconn Factory should be fired! They work people to hard and the are not even making sure that the environment is safe for them. I believe that the owners care to much about money that their workers safety. However I would NEVER stop buying Apple products because of this. My reason is because too many workers our out their working hard making these things so I will always support them. I just think that they should get treated better and paid more.