The topic of my article is how a 6 year old boy accidentally shoots his 3 year old little brother,and their father is charged for it. My CNN article “Charges against Chicago dad after 6 year old shoots 3 year old” is about how Israel LaSalle, the grandfather of the children, was making Kool-aid for the children when he heard popping noises, while they were downstairs playing “cops and robbers.” While playing this game the older brother grabs the loaded gun off, which was wrapped in pajama pants, off the top of the fridge. Then the gun went off shooting the 3 year old in the head. The father was charged because he bought the gun illegally from a gang. This problem doesn’t affect me personally but does affect the safety of children and teens that don’t know how to properly use a gun. This impacts the world by gun control and safety. If you have a gun in your household it should not be loaded for reasons like this one. Definitely if you have young children that could accidentally be harmed. We have had problems with gun control lately and this incident has probably made it worse. So if you have a gun keep it unloaded and out of kids reach.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/19/us/chicago-boy-accidentally-shoots-brother/index.html

Five Guys, and Ice Cold Thighs

After what seems like a mile long practice Dylan Harris, Michael Laughlin, Garrett Stephenson, Thomas Herndon, and Zach Hearring are bombarded with a freezing ice bath from the cross country coach, Coach Hutchins. These numbing ice baths help relax the runner’s legs. Because of how the ice baths help the runner in the long run Coach Hutchins says “we ice twice a week.”

pixels – a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed

image resolution – is the detail an image holds.

megabyte-a unit of information equal to 220 bytes or, loosely, one million bytes.

megapixel-a unit of graphic resolution equivalent to one million or (strictly) 1,048,576 (220) pixels.

gigabyte- a unit of computer information equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes

jpeg- a type of computer file used for storing images; also : an image that is stored as this type of file

bitmap-a representation in which each item corresponds to one or more bits of information, especially the information used to control the display of a computer screen.

exposure-the amount of light per unit area

tiff-a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and both amateur and professional photographers in general. The format was originally created by the company Aldus for use in desktop publishing.

png- a raster graphics file format that supports lossless data compression.

White balance- the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo.

Histogram- A diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.

Aperture- A device that controls the amount of light admitted through an opening. In photography and digital photography, aperture is the unit of measurement that defines the size of the opening in the lens that can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or digital sensor.

Shutter speed-exposure time is the length of time when the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light, also when a camera’s shutter is open when taking a photograph.

Depth of field-focus range or effective focus range, is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image

Aperture priority-on a camera mode dial, is a setting on some cameras that allows the user to choose a specific aperture value while the camera selects a shutter speed to match, thereby ensuring proper exposure.

Shutter priority-a setting on some cameras that allows the user to choose a specific shutter speed while the camera adjusts the aperture to ensure correct exposure.

Bitmap- A representation in which each item corresponds to one or more bits of information. The information is used to control the display on a computer screen.

Exposure-a tool to create beautiful photo narratives

Watermarking- originally faint imprints on paper that could only be seen at a specific angle. This process was designed to prevent counterfeiting and is still used today.

optical zoom-on a digital camera, optical zoom is a true zoom feature. It allows you to zoom in (or out) on the subject in the LCD or viewfinder. This will enable you to get a closer view of the subject before taking your picture.

digital zoom- Digital zoom is a method of decreasing the apparent angle of view of a digital photographic or video image. Digital zoom is usually accomplished by scaling portion of the image data (usually center) to have same aspect ratio as well as pixel dimensions compared to the original image.

bracketing- the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings

light meter-An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, used chiefly when showing the correct exposure in photography.

image stabilization- a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure.

noise- a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance

lag time- the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect: a time-lag between the declaration of war and full war production. Origin of time-lag Expand

hot shoe- A hot shoe is a mounting point on the top of a camera to attach a flash unit and other compatible accessories.

fisheye being- having, or produced by a wide-angle photographic lens that has a highly curved protruding front, that covers an angle of about 180 degrees, and that gives a circular image

macro- short for macro lens

telephoto-a lens with a longer focal length than standard, giving a narrow field of view and a magnified image.

wide angle- In photography and cinematography, a wide-angle lens refers to a lens whose focal length is substantially smaller than the focal length of a normal lens for a given film plane.

DSLR- A digital single-lens reflex camera (also called a digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera combining the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor, as opposed to photographic film.

dynamic range-the range of acceptable or possible volumes of sound occurring in the course of a piece of music or a performance. The ratio of the largest to the smallest intensity of sound that can be reliably transmitted or reproduced by a particular sound system, measured in decibels.

digital negative- open lossless raw image format written by Adobe used for digital photography
exposure compensation- is a technique for adjusting the exposure indicated by a photographic exposure meter, in consideration of factors that may cause the indicated exposure to result in a less-than-optimal image.

My article is about two football players intentionally hitting a official in the back. My article “Texas coach accused of ordering players to hit referee resigns” was found on CNN.com. Several players from John Jay High School said their assistant coach ordered them to “level the official.” In the video found online, the incident was clearly not an accident. There was rumor that the official, Robert Watts, was calling the players the N- work. Watts denied the comments of racial slurs in his five page statement. Coach Breed, who was currently on administrative leave before his resignation was not allowed to continue coaching until he had met with the Board. I feel that Coach Breed is in a position to teach and mentor children, but not teach them to hurt someone that has done nothing to them. Although Coach Breed denied telling the players to tackle the referee, I wonder why he would resign unless it was true.
If actions like this were to spread around we would have so many injured referees, but also more very rude coaches telling kids to ram the officials.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/us/high-school-players-hit-texas-football-official-hearing/index.htm

The topic of my article is about a 14 year old who was arrested for building a clock from scratch. In my article “Clock-making teen transferring to another school, Family says,” from CNN.com, Ahmed Mohamed built a clock that he was very proud and brought it to school to show everyone. Because he brought the clock to school police initially and falsely said it was a Hoax bomb and arrested the young teenager for having it. By mid week Ahmed’s face was plastered on social media, and he had received thousands of tweets and facebook post of encouragement. President Obama even invited him to the White House. Ahmed was questioned for about an hour and a half. Right away he asked if he could call his parents but the police officers said “no you’re in the middle of an interrogation.” He said he felt like a criminal and a terrorist, he said he feels like the names he was called in middle school such as bombmaker and terrorist. He said “ just because of my race and religion I’m being called these names” and an officer replied “That’s who I thought it was.” Ahmed took this to mean that the officer was pointing at him because of his race.
I feel that Ahmed was treated unfairly because of his race and religion. I don’t think those police officers would have thought about it being a bomb if it were someone who isn’t a muslim. I feel that this is going to bring more problems and separation in the US. And that is the last thing this nation needs.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/17/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html

This topic of my article is about racism coming from a police chief, to one of his fellow workers. In the article “Oregon officer turns in police chief, Allege racism” from CNN.com the chief of police compared African-Americans to monkeys. Stone, the officer who made the complaints, also received death threats, a flat tire, and now his kids are scared to walk outside. Stone said that chief of police Hoover was “scratching, chanting and beating his chest like tarzan, while comparing African-Americans to monkeys.”
I feel that Chief of police hoover was way out of line. Definitely since it was towards one of his fellow workers. I don’t understand why anyone has to be racist towards different races. If you are going to treat someone like that then you should be prepared for the same thing. And I bet most would complain about being treated that even though they have treated someone that way. I feel that Hoover should be fired for his actions.
This impacts the world by bringing more racism up in the US. We are supposed to be a nation that helps everyone and that is united. We can’t be united if we are separating people by races. What happened to “All men are created equal.” Not everyone thinks we are equal with these comments coming out of People’s mouths.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/us/oregon-clatskanie-police-chief-racism-allegations/index.html