Nazi Experiments

In World War II, Nazi doctors experimented on many prisoners. The experiments were broken up into three different categories.

The first category was aimed for the survival of Axis military personnel. They used prisoners to see from how high a person could parachute from a plane. They also did experiments for hypothermia cures.

The second category was aimed for pharmaceuticals and treatment methods for injured soldiers. They were finding cures for different contagious diseases.

The third was for the spread of  the Nazi world view. This included experiments on twins and Roma to see how different races withstood different diseases.

There are other experiments that were aimed for the advancement of racial goals. One was to find an inexpensive way to sterilize Jews, Roma, and other races that the Nazis saw a undesirable.

"Nazi Medical Experiments." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 10 June 2013. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005168.

Don't Be Glassholes

As the lot of you may know, Google Glass is the new invention that will rock the market, but now it is only available to a certain number or people. Right now, Glass is out in the world. People, young and old, are using Glass, but some of them are “abusing” the power of the new glasses.

Google just released an article of the do’s and the don’ts of Glass. One of the don’ts said, “ Be creepy or rude (aka, a “Glasshole”)”(Google). It basically states that an Explorer, that’s what the Glass testers are called, should not be rude when they are confronted by others about Glass. Another thing that was stated was that Glass is basically a cell phone, so don’t get angry when you are asked to take them off.

I fully agree with the article. I know that some states have banned using Glass in the car. Glass is also banned at the movies. Both are for the best in opinion. Welch says that, “Clearly Google is mindful of the bans against its futuristic headset at some establishments”, and they should be. When making a new device, you don’t want the people “advertising” it to ruin the reputation of it before it even hits markets.

Honestly, I want Glass, but some of the restrictions on it makes most of the features useless. You can’t use the navigation feature in the car. You can’t use the camera in the hospital, if you had a baby or something. I think that people in high places are scared of technology. I see that as time goes on Glass may be accepted.

This connects to digital etiquette. One of the don’t said to not randomly record people. I see that as general and digital etiquette because you are using technology to be rude. 

 What is the purpose for using quotations?

Quotations are important to show that your evidence is factual. It actually is your evidence. When I put a quote that hasn’t been modified for libel, it makes the reader feel like they are hearing it out of the horses mouth. The author of this article uses a lot of quotes from Google. "’Standing alone in the corner of a room staring at people while recording them through Glass is not going to win you any friends,’ Google says.” is one of the many quotes that Welch uses in his article. 

Citations

Google. "Explorers." Glass-explorers. Google, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. https://sites.google.com/site/glasscomms/glass-explorers.

Tedeytan. Google Glass. Digital image. Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 8 May 2013. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Glass_Explorer_Edition.jpeg.

Welch, Chris. "The Verge." The Verge. Vox Media, 18 Feb. 2014. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/18/5423686/google-tells-glass-users-dont-be-glassholes.

Green Bay Wins The Super Bowl...... Not Really

Guess what America! Green Bay Packers just won The Super Bowl! Not really. It was actually the Seattle Seahawks. It sort of felt like a win when Vince Lombardi, previous head coach for the Packers, handed the Championship trophy to the Seahawks.

It was an okay game between the Seahawks and Broncos. Actually, it was an amazingly boring game between the two teams because it was a blowout with the score forty-three to eight. The game, from the beginning, was said that it would be played between the number one offence of the Broncos, and the number one defence of the Seahawks.

The game started out with a safety from the Broncos. This gave Seattle two points before the game even really started. It took forever until Peyton Manning actually got to play.

This connects to my humanities class because a lot of people think that sports games don't tell a story or portray a message, but they actually do. This game gave the lesson that for a team to be great, it must have a good offence and a great defence.

I myself think that the game was boring. During the first quarter, I already saw that the game was going to the Seahawks. A lot of people blames the Broncos' loss on Manning, but is he really the one to blame?

I believe that both teams played their hardest. It was just that the Seahawks have a tough defence. I feel that the game was played out like I thought it would. I really love that Seattle won the game because it made me thirty dollars in bets. It's a small intake, but I'll take it any day.

  How does the author support his claim? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer. The author is saying that the loss is on Peyton Manning. He uses evidence from the game and previous games that Manning choked in. They basically said that Manning couldn't handle big games. "[Manning] is 11-12 in the postseason, 1-2 in Super Bowls"



Picture is my own.
Associated Press. "Seattle Seahawks Beat Denver Broncos, 43-8, to Win Super Bowl XLVIII." Fox News. FOX News Network, 02 Feb. 2014. Web. 02 Feb. 2014. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/02/02/super-bowl-xlviii-seahawks-take-on-broncos-at-metlife-stadium-in-east/.