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     Tensions are rising between Obama and Putin ,Russia's president ,as Syria is unseeing weapons of mass destruction. This is not helped by the fact that Edward Snowden an information leaker has been granted asylum by Russia and that all aide provided by America has been ordered to leave. All though there is constant bickering between the two countries; what would happen if they worked together. Thomas Friedman in the passage " A New Cold War ?" states " there is no major problem and the world today ... that would not be easier to solve if the US and Russia work together?" This is true because many major issues involving U.S and Russia.

     The author shows this is true by listing all the issues involving the two countries. The author first shows issues such as the banning of American aide , prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans, and reprimanding nonviolent protesters requesting a more democratic government . This includes the more recent Edward Snowden case  where Russia is granting asylum to him against U.S's approval. They all could be solved with cooperation and even Syria could be stopped . Russia supplies Syria with billions of dollars worth of weapons , then blocking any action U.S can do to stop it. If they agreed the weapon dealing could be stopped there could be possible world threat could be prevented as well. This includes the massive amounts of oil Russia has in its arsenal which along with the currenttechnology  could last a lot longer.

      Thomas Friedman is right with the  cooperation of these two countries a lot could be done. There could be the removal of another dictator who harms his citizens. There could also be the capture of someone who leaked out confidential information . There also could be aide given to those in Russia who need it and a home for a child. In conclusion if these countries cooperate a lot could be done recently Russia and America have just worked out a deal for Syria to remove its chemical weapons and much more could happen in the future.

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     Sally Green burg of the National Consumers League notes that "child labor perpetuated a cycle of poverty "and what this means is that the two issues were linked. This cycle is still in effect today in places without child labor laws. The only way to break this cycle is to place labor laws to prevent the the usage of a child workforce.

     Child labor started a cycle of poverty, because families still kept the practices they had when they were farmers this included working with their families.Then factory owners only hired children for cheap labor and their relunctance to speak against their bosses. The passage even states "Factory owners liked hiring children for their nimble fingers and relunctance to complain. They could also pay them less". Some examples of pay were boys as old as eight separating coal and slate in hazardous conditions for one to three dollars a week. This lead to a lack of jobs because children were prefered and due to low pay the children couldn't support the family.

      This cycle is till in effect today In India recently a photo was was taken of an eight year old shoveling coal in northeast India. There are also many children still hired outside our country. The National Consumers League reported that there are 250 million children under the age of sixteen who are working mainly in factories or mines. Periodic exposes  shows how many children worked in garment factories for popular brands in the U.S

      This cycle can only be stopped by removing child labor and placing laws to make sure this doesn't happen there should be a serious fine that is more than the profit made. There is also a need for regular checks to. The national consumers league is correct and we are lucky that child labor is banned in the states  with exceptions such as agriculture. It is still an issue outside the issue and American industries are taking others countries' lack of labor laws to bypass ours. This is unacceptable because they are still hiring children. In conclusion there is still child labor and only other countries can solve this for themselves because as Sallly Greenburg said child labor states a cycle of poverty.

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     In the text " The End of America's Car Culture" a researcher, Thilo Koslowski states that the iPhone is the ford mustang of today. This means that today the iPhone is similar to the Ford because of its popularity, which is similar becuause of how popular the Ford Mustang was. This statement is true just like with cars after World War 2 everyone has an iPhone yet it is still popular and nobody is tired of it.

    The way the author supports this idea  with a quote the parent " If I talk to m parents about cars, they remember how everyone spent their weekends working on cars". Then compare this to the iPhone and iPad ,everyone works on them from a phone call all the way to this blog post being completed on my iPad. To even further support how desirable cars are the author brings in Mimi Sheller, director of Drexel university's Center for Mobilites Reaserch and Policy who quotes " Everybody wanted a car. Everybody wanted to drive." The author then states how cellphone apps used for carpooling have also been related to the decline in car usage. This directly relates to the iPhone and it's apps or applications and shows how versatile the phone is there is an app for anything, another reason the product is so popular. This also relates to cars as well because just like the phone during  age where cars were popular specific things were made for the new product drive in fast food joints, drive in movie theaters, and Shopping malls.

    Thilo Koslowski was not far off. Both the car and the iPhone are or we're popular, both hads things dedicated to them apps or drive ins, and there are also the fact that nearly everyone has one and how desirable they are. The comparison between the two is accurate both had there popularity and just like the Ford, Apples popularity has decreased after the realease of iPhone 5c.