#9) Response to News Blogs

The one article that I thought was really cool was the 102 year old man completing a marathon. Many people in their 30's and 40's can't complete this marathon and a man 60 year older than that was able to do it. Also, if I was 100 years old, I would be watching television on my couch all day instead of exercising for a marathon. This is a truly great feat that should not go unnoticed.  This just goes to show that if you want something really badly, work hard and go for it because anything is possible.

#8) Archive Offers Glimpse Inside the Mind of Hussein

Saddam Hussein had been a dangerous enemy to the Americans and documents of his personal life and decisions are finally being released. Usually everything is kept private, but they are allowing researchers to look at twenty documents of Hussein's to find out what he was thinking when he made these crazy decisions. First off, when Reagan made an presidential address saying that he was going to send more weapons and parts to Iran, Hussein believed that it was really a dark plan to prolong the Iran war (that was already going on for 6 years) and increase Iraq's casualties. Other insights about Hussein include that he viewed everyone but his friends as enemies and only believed in the diplomacy of the Middle East. Finally, it showed that during the Iraq-Iran war, he actually underestimated the Iran people and believe that his people would just dominate because of the certain type of weapons they possessed. The mind of Hussein was certainly corrupt, forcing him to make decisions that put his whole country in a war for years to come.

This article directly stood out to me because I was interested what was going through Hussein's live when he made these horrible, violent decisions. I was able to find out that Hussein was entrapped in his own world in Iraq and everyone outside that area was considered an enemy. With reading this article, it made me even more happy that he was killed because he didn't deserve to live for the crimes that he committed. Finally, I am glad that these documents are finally being released to the public to show what he thought and he rationale on attacking. All of the people in Iraq should also read this article and realize that what Hussein thought was wrong.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/world/middleeast/archive-offers-rare-glimpse-inside-mind-of-saddam-hussein.html?pagewanted=1&ref=world

#7) At the Protests, The Message Lacks a Melody

It seems that the best way to some up a situation or problem is by creating a song, but the recent protest seem to be lacking a melody. During the last great depression of the 1920's and 1930's, there were songs that summarized and explained the situation at hand and riled up people to do things about it. It seems that these days, the younger generation just uses facebook and twitter to try to promote their cause, rather than using the traditional message. A 24 year old college student named Martían Hughes said it best, saying, "I have not heard a single song that sums up what we are trying to do here, nor have I heard a single message.” It portrays perfectly that without music, individuals aren't able to derive what in fact their are protesting about. Either way, the protesters against wall-street better use songs or another successful method because if they don't know the true meaning of what they are fighting for, then there is really no reason to fight at all.

This article is interesting to me because I never thought that the protests in wall street could be connected to music. In fact, music might be the sole reason that could help this cause and actually make the protest successful. I believe people should be more concerned with finding of the root of why they are fighting because it seems as though they just do it to do it. With either a song or any other method, someone should find a central message and have the people revolve around that idea. Truthfully, I believe the protest is useless because they're not taking the necessary actions to make a change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/arts/music/occupy-wall-street-protest-lacks-an-anthem.html?_r=1&ref=arts

#6) RIM Struggles to Overcome Black Berry Outages

Blackberry may just be the most popular phone out there these days, but has been experiencing problems in the last couple of days. There was a series of blackberry outages this past week and this has upset current consumers. Most of the individuals unhappy with what happened are investors, who have decided to start choosing the Android or Iphone over the blackberry. Just over the last two days, the shares in RIM, which is Research in Motion, lost 2% of investors. RIM have their best people on the case to fix the outages so they don't lose other buyers to other phones. One person from the company said that it might actually be a good thing for the people who don't have to receive gloomy emails for the next couple of days. They say it will be restored asap, but will the members of RIM stick to their word?


I was very interested in this article right when I saw it because I have a blackberry and am very frustrated with what has been happening the last couple of days. With this outage, it seems that anyone who was deciding over a blackberry or Iphone basically had the choice made for them. This is sad because I believe there are many aspects of the blackberry that exceeds that of the Iphone. I would recommend this article to anyone who has a blackberry so that they can receive an explanation of why their blackberry messages aren't going through. Hopefully it will be resolved soon but right now, the blackberry markets continue to lose more and more buyers to other products.

                                                                                            http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/rim-struggles-to-overcome-blackberry-outages.html?ref=technology

Blog #5 Technology

I would miss electricity the most because I wouldn't be able to watch tv, see anything at night, or go on the internet. If there was no electricity, other forms of technology would basically be useless. Losing just one of those technological devices wouldn't be too bad, but losing electricity forever would be a tragedy.