Times Readings

Tuesday October 6, 2009 Times Reading

During my reading of the New York Times today I thought that the front page had a wide variety of stories that the Times wanted to portray. From devastating stories in New Guinea to a magazine closing grazed the front page of the Times. Although sometimes I feel like the stories can be awkward being next to each other I like to see that the Times is putting variety on their front page to interreges all sorts of readers.
One article that I thought was interesting was the one on Blogging. I read into it more because I was in-fact writing a Blog on the New York Times and it interested me to see if any of the information pertained to me and what I was writing. I thought that it was interesting because starting Dec. 1 bloggers who were writing reviews for certain products to include whether they are being given certain incentives for writing these reviews. It’s not something that I have to worry about but I was glad to know for the future if I was ever to do something like that I know the do’s and do not’s.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Times Reading

Today again, there were a variety of different stories on the front page of the Times and they all were interesting in their own way. Above the fold they were government related pieces and most were in the United States with exception of the Obama’s pulling troops out of Afghanistan. Bellow the fold there was the first sport story I've seen on the front page of the Times since my reading started. I think that it was good to see a completely different article on the front page than you would normally see the Times do. Also bellow the fold I thought the story of the poor turn up at the Polls in New York was very interesting because after this presidential election I assumed that many citizens would keep up their votes considering the state in which out country was in. I thought it was almost a shock to see the low numbers and how surprised many people were regarding the turn up.
I love the dining section so whenever its in the paper its my favorite section to read. I would love to write about food one day so I love to see the creative stories that are in the section and the style of writing that is used to write them. I love how some of the articles are paired up with recipes and talk about creating the dishes. The descriptions are so great and the articles make me want to go out and buy the ingredients to the recipes and cook. I really enjoy reading articles that take me away from the many problems that are all over the news and bring me to something that I love to do and enjoy reading about.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 Times reading

In reading the New York Times this week I couldn’t really find any story that I got attached too and really wanted to read and pursue further. It was one of those dull days for me that the articles just didn’t grab me like normally. I read through the paper and thought that a few of the side graphs were interesting was the one entitled “Another Public Opinion” in which it talked about San Francisco’s providing a form of health insurance within the city to uninsured persons. At first it started with just people who were bellow the poverty line and then has moved up to 500% above the poverty level offering it to many people now. I thought this was interesting because it is just at certain places where you can receive the care and if you are outside the city at all there is nothing you can do if you are uninsured. It seems like a good system for right inside of the city but if you are uninsured you have to be careful about where you go especially if you are not covered by health insurance.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Times Reading

Going through the Times today I saw an article that was very similar to one that I saw in the Times last week. It was an article on Boneless Chicken Wings and last week that had an article featuring fried chicken. I like to see the variation on the front page but I thought it was interesting having two stories about the same thing, and this same thing was a chicken wing. I guess you don’t notice as much when the Times repeats stories pertaining to the war in Iraq or issues about health care and the swine flu, but when you see one article about something different like chicken you automatically remember the one you saw last week in the paper.
In this addition of the Times I noticed a lot of international based news that varied more than normal. There was stories involving Eastern Europe and one of the more interesting was in South America. It took place is Salvador Brazil and was a profile on Mr. Brown, a singer and song writer who founded a music school in his community to better educate children and help his town escape poverty. Once poor himself he wants to help children realize their dreams and that they can rise from poverty to something great if given the opportunity to do so. I really enjoy reading articles like this one because it gives me hope that around the world people are doing the right things to better their communities and to raise the upcoming generations to hopefully do the same.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 Times Reading

During my reading of the New York Times today the article “A Cheap, Easy Way to Curb Climate Change: Seal the Gas Leaks” sparked my interests. What first caught my eye was the images that they showed above the article of what I would see looking at a gas tank and what an infrared lenses would show. I was shocked because I knew that I breathed in way too much gas and chemicals in the air, but to see first hand what you breathe everyday and that you cant even see it made me jump right too the article to see what a simple solution might be.
What shocked me was that methane the main gas that is released out of these gas tanks staying in the air for 10 years. With the amount of emissions now a days I cant even think of the amount of gas that is hovering in out atmosphere and will stay there until I am 30 years old. If more leaks were spotted as soon as they began we could cut our emissions substantially, but even with countries leading efforts it seems to be a difficult task. 3 trillion cubic feet of methane is leaked into the air a year, and the US along with Russia is the leading country in doing that. I think that the New York Times should have more articles regarding the environment because it is a large problem that citizens need to be informed about so we can all make small efforts to help the environment we live in.