Current Event #4

In this article its speaking about how Netflix is willing to pay Comcast and other services that will allow streaming to get faster.It also states that this has already started before this article has even came out. Many people are worried about if the price of streaming will get any higher not just for Netflix but for the other services as well.
It relates to most of our school because not only students but teachers use Netflix to watch movies for entertainment and learning purposes. I feel that this event could start a controversy about the prices that may rise because of them paying other companies that will help speed up streaming. It affects me in a way because I have a Netflix account and I wouldn't like getting charged more for streaming.

Netflix. "File:Netflix logo.svg." Photograph. Wiki Media Commons. media wiki. web.  16 Dec 2011. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Netflix_logo.svg>.

• What is the author’s point of view, and how does it impact the overall effect of the text? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The author is just trying to inform the reader of what is going on with the company Netflix. They don't really show their feelings towards it, it just gives you the information about it. You can tell by the way they wrote the article it's very informative and gives details and clear evidence of what their clam is.

Wallace, Gregory. "Netflix and Comcast strike deal to allow faster speeds" CNN Money. 23 Feb. 2014. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/23/technology/netflix-comcast-streaming-deal/index.html>.

Current Event #3

Georgia Tech."Robot helps with medication."Photograph. Tech News Daily.Web. 30 April 2013. 12 Feb 2014.<http://www.technewsdaily.com/17904-nurses-prefer-robots-over-human-help.html.>

This article informs you about how people prefer having help from a robot then a human. I found it amazing that not even nurses would mind that these friendly machines would take their places on helping those who need it. The advantage this would give people is that these robots will never complain and they help remind you when you have to take medication.
This article relates to what is going on in our school because we have a robotics club. This could be something that they could be interested on doing; to build a robot that is meant to do favors for those who need it.
Robots helping humans is very interesting; I feel that it would be a good experience trying to see how this would work.At the same time I feel that it can be slightly dangerous because you never know if a robot can have any effects in it.It affects me because if they were to create these robots I would be afraid to consider anyone of my family members to have one because you never know what could happen; but, if it were to work perfectly it would be a great invention to have around to help one of my closest family members.

• How does the structure of the text refine and support the author's claim? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The structure that the author of the article used helped provide clear evidence and facts. Because they start off asking questions that leave you thinking. Then it goes to the evidence that they had put together helping put a clear idea to a readers mind. Also they had gone and asked nurses how they felt towards it giving them positive answers to their clam. "Nurses surveyed preferred a robot to a human to fill the job of assistant health care worker. And they're not afraid of being replaced by caregiving machines." This proves their clam that people do prefer robots then humans.

Meredith, Leslie."Nurses Prefer Robots to Human Help"Tech News Daily. 30 April 2013. 12 Feb 2014.<http://www.technewsdaily.com/17904-nurses-prefer-robots-over-human-help.html.>