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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Annotated Bibliography

Slaves, Free The. "Several Types of Slavery Linked to Congo's Mining Industry." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 02 Sept. 2010. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

This article provides insight regarding the types of slavery in the Congo. It also talks a little about the metals that are required and how the rebel groups desire the illicit profits. It even talks about another non-profit organization that helps the standards of the Congo.

"Intel and Conflict-Free Minerals." Intel. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/conflict-free-minerals.html. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

This is Intel's statement regarding the use of conflict mining. It shows that there are big businesses with an equal desire for social justice.

Gettleman, Jeffrey. "Conflict Minerals." The Price of Precious. N.p. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/conflict-minerals/gettleman-text. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

A truly unique article regarding first hand experience in the Congo. Talks about an encounter with the leader of a rebel group and sight of the slave workers. Also provided insight to companies with a similar view for social justice as well as other organizations.

"Blood in the Mobile." Blood in the Mobile. N.p., n.d. Bloodinthemobile.org. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

This was my first encounter with this topic after talking with Patrick. On the main page is a snippet of a documentary that deals with mining in the Congo. The video is one I plan to watch in the near future to better my knowledge.

"Learn Adobe Premiere Elements 10." : Getting Started and Tutorials. N.p., n.d. http://www.adobe.com/support/premiereelements/gettingstarted/ .Web. 17 Nov. 2013. This is Adobe's website for Premiere Elements 10 so I can teach myself some video editing techniques for my digital story project.

"Adobe Premiere Elements 10 - Tutorial | Getting Started." YouTube. YouTube, 16 Apr. 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncOTr_aWvR0&list=PL5EEC30E50DA29119 .Web. 17 Nov. 2013.

This is a video tutorial to work with Adobe Premiere Elements 10. The creator "MightyMaster123" has many tutorials to do many different things in Adobe. He is very resourceful

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Digital Story Final

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Digital Story Storyboard

Monday, November 25, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/06/why-edward-snowden-is-a-hero.html

Summary Coming Soon

Thursday, November 21, 2013

AT&T and Verizon Assisting NSA Spying

AT&T's fiber optic cable system was supposedly a breakthrough. It provided faster internet, better phone connection, and smoother television broadcasting at a cheaper cost. To the normal customer this seems awesome; however, according to an article "The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in a massive illegal dragnet surveillance of domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001". Everything I have done has been recorded. Apparently AT&T has created a splitter that forms copies of all phone calls and files and sends them to the NSA in the form of metadata. This is an invasion of my privacy and I feel it is necessary to hold the government accountable. Their argument is that "if we have nothing to hide then we shouldn't worry about hiding it." Well, now they're the definition of hypocrites. Why did they hide this so long? Because it's illegal. It's a complete disruption of our Bill of Rights. The article also highlights how the government demanded Verizon to hand over all the phone calls information. After a court case, Verizon was forced to hand over the information. If we let this go, what's next? Our freedom of speech? I can't express how irritated this makes me. We're moving away from a government of the people to a government controlling the people. I suppose you'll tell me it's for "my safety", just like the war in Afghanistan was to prevent terroristic attacks. The war in Afghanistan was solely for oil and this whole dragnet garbage isn't for my safety. I can't trust what the government is doing. I'm at a point where I'd consider a complete restructure of the system. President Obama is nothing but a figure head; no, I'm not displaying my political views, but he doesn't make the choices. Big businesses tell him what to do. Money is making the choices and there is no ethics behind it.

https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying
"NSA Spying | Electronic Frontier Foundation." Electronic Frontier Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Questions Pertaining to Edward Snowden Article.

Eric raised some serious debate regarding the NSA.
-- Were his actions worth while?
--Will he be seen as a martyr or a trader?
--Are you willing to give up your privacy for more protection?

According to a CNN article "Pleading for asylum after spilling American secrets, Edward Snowden told Ecuador's government that he fears inhumane treatment or even death if he's handed over to face U.S. espionage charges, Ecuador's foreign minister said Monday."
The government classified this as an act of terrorism, but in all reality he was keeping the government in check. We the people are apart of the checks and balance system. This man felt insecure about the fact our government was invading our right to privacy and is now facing possible inhuman treatment. --At what point is patriotism taken too far?

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Digital Story Annotated Bibliography (6 sources)