Scroogled!

This is a photo of Microsoft’s ad campaign scroogled. Microsoft has created its own website called scroogled.com to bash Google. Microsoft wants to increase the use of its Outlook email service. This picture has a short description of Gmail’s email scanning practice. It then encourages Gmail users to switch to its new upgraded email service, Outlook because it says that it doesn’t look through its user’s emails. Being that Gmail is the number one email service provider, Microsoft wants to increase its newly established Outlook usage. Microsoft is one of Google’s main competitors in the rapidly expanding technology market and views this as a way to promote Outlook. Based on this primary source, I know that Gmail’s email practice has been a problem for many people and Microsoft is bringing this to the attention to many people who may not have knowledge of the many invasion of privacy court cases in which Google was sued for its email scanning practice. The time period can be determined based on the source because it includes Outlook, and Outlook was released about one year ago from the date of the picture.

http://s1.cdn.memeburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scroogled.jpg

VICE Documentary on 3D Printing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DconsfGsXyA

This documentary covers my conflict, but from the perspective of Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed and shares his thoughts on the conflict.

1) The purpose is to do as stated above; share Cody R. Wilson’s thoughts on the issue at hand and to explain the heart of the issue to those who are unaware.

2) This documentary can share with the viewer a simplified view of the 3D printing of firearms issue and from the eyes of Mr. Wilson. It also shows the view of some of the reporters who have been following this situation. 

Egypt war Views

Link: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=egypt+confict+interview&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=CFE44291D4E2FED46F45CFE44291D4E2FED46F45

This artifact is a live interview between an Egyptian woman named Alaa and Security correspondent Frank Gardener. This interview discuss what is going on in Egypt from the perspectives of the government and a person who disagrees that this conflict not a revolution but a Coupe. This interview was conducted in order to give enlightenment to those who follow the conflict. During the interview both parties addressed the effect of conflict.

Primary Source of GMO

http://tichelsandphilosophy.wordpress.com/tag/gmo-salmon/

This is a wordpress account with many pictures of animals parts affected by GMO products.

Purpose: This artifact was created to show the affects of GMO in animals. Knowing how animals are affected helps give readers an idea of how they can be infected. The purpose of this artifact is notify readers that GMO is unhealthy and dangerous for ones health.

Value: It  can tell me that my conflict is a serious issue in the world to many people and many people are against it. I learned that the time in which this was posted was in 2009 and to this day people still feel the same way .

Border Control

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/14/border-patrol-moves-focus-to-texas-to-combat-mexican-drug-cartels/

 

This picture shows how the border patrol’s enhanced investigations are intruding on people’s lives especially in Texas where they are moving in operations and invading on the property of the citizens of Texas. In this photo you can see how the border patrol is steadily moving in to give the people of Texas false threats which can propel people to believe in an operation that doesn’t need to happen.

Dream Act Primary Photo

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.votolatino.org%2Fblogs%2Fdream-act-good-our-economy-our-security-our-nation&h=0&w=0&sz=1&tbnid=IcJ6P1uIZH5lCM&tbnh=168&tbnw=299&zoom=1&docid=YcOdyLvdRxEBxM&hl=en&ei=vMZSUvbvA_LF4APguICQDw&ved=0CAIQsCU

This photo shows the “dreamers” people who the dream act targets supporting the dream act, in their cap and gowns rallying for the act. The purpose of this photograph is to show that the immigrants really want to graduate and have and education. The photograph shows their support to one another and shows how they really want to succeed and further their education. This photograph shows positivity about the dream act, it does not show any negativity of the dream act. The value of the photograph is that it shows all the hopes, dream, and wishes in all of their eyes. Showing you that they really want to make the dream act happen, and that they will all stick together as one to make it happen. The photograph also shows that this is a very intense conflict and that it can arouse many different opinions and aspects.

Feminist Group Burns $13,000 to protest Wage Gap in Sweden

http://s276.photobucket.com/user/feministing/media/burningkronor.jpg.html

A Swedish feminists group burns 100,000 kronor or the equivalent to 13,000 U.S Dollars, in protest of the Wage Gap between men and women, the group claims that the money represents how much each female worker misses out on every minute due to the gender wage gap

Primary Source – Mexican Drug Cartels

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14f_1279854373

In the video, it shows the beheading of a member of a rival cartel (The video is very explicit).

Purpose: The cartel made this video in order to scare everyone. They wanted to demonstrate that they (the cartel) are very serious about getting what they want. In addition, they wanted to show that they are heartless. The cartels will kill anyone for control.

Value: The video tells me many things about my overall conflict, such as the affect that the cartels have on people and what they are willing to do in order to be in control. I can’t learn much about the video, but the circumstances are horrible.

Scottish Independence Primary Source

When researching for my conflict, the Scottish Independence debate, I found a picture of a rally of a group of people who looked like they were at some sort of assembly, with Alex Salmond leading the speech. Alex Salmond is Scotland’s first minister, and the people at the event were wearing shirts that represented the Scottish flag, as well as waving Scottish flags. This leads me to believe that the speech was about gaining independence and what needs to be done to gain independence. I think that this picture shows that there are a lot of people in Scotland that want their independence and shows that they are very open about their opinion. Most likely the person that took the picture from the angle that he did was trying to send a message to England that the Scottish knew what they wanted and were determined to get it. This picture helps me with my understanding of the conflict because it shows just how empathetic the Scots were towards their goal.

You can view the picture and the article related at:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/21/alex-salmond-scotland-independence

DOMA SUMMARY REDO

Stephanie Ratzlaff

10-2-13

Intro Redo

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was an unconstitutional act that related social and economic issues for same-sex couples. DOMA was a federal law that was put in place on September 21^st, 1996, which gave states the ability to refuse to recognize same sex marriage that was granted with in states that allowed same-sex couples to marry.  (Government, 1996) DOMA was overturned June 26^th, 2013 and was determined to be unconditional. (Matthews, 2013) The overturning of DOMA has opened so many doors for married same-sex couples. The case of United States v. Windsor was a turning point that helped to start this process.

In United States v. Windsor, Edith Windsor married her partner Thea Spyer in 2007 in Canada and lived in New York City where same-sex marriage was recognized. Spyer died in 2009. Spyer left her estate to Windsor. Before DOMA was overturned the federal government did not recognize same-sex marriage and because of this Windsor was denied a federal estate tax exemption for a surviving spouse. Windsor had to pay $363,053 in estate taxes. Windsor appealed for a refund and was still rejected by the IRS. Following this Windsor brought a refund suit against the United States Supreme Count arguing that DOMA was unconstitutional due to the equal protection clause which stated that her Fifth Amendment rights were being violated. Windsor has suffered economically do to DOMA. The District Count and the Count of Appeals had ruled in her favor and ordered the United States to refund her the $363,053 but the United States still has not refunded her. (Winsdor, 2013)

This country was founded on certain unalienable rights, among them being the rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. Yet, two hundred plus years after the birth of our nation, our government is now trying to trample on those by trying to restrict who can marry. There is just not an economic downfall because of this there is also a social aspect. The rights of homosexuals compared to the rights of heterosexuals. The government taking a stance on the right of marriage and being in favor of same-sex couples marriage as they are with opposite sex couples marriage would not only be fair but would help bring the nation to a whole; instead the way it stands today the nation is being divided into homosexuals and heterosexuals. This sounds all to familiar from nearly 65 years ago when the government did the same thing and denied whites and blacks to marry. The civil rights movement was such a necessary happening as is the gay rights movement is. If the United States as a whole can overcome racism in the civil rights movement and see that it is perfectly acceptable for interracial marriage; then the United States can do the same and accept marriage of same-sex couples. Therefore letting the American peoples live the life our forefathers stated in The Declaration of Independence  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”