Journal Article 3 (MUST READ)

In Tokyo, Japan students and scientists from many techonological colleges and programs are creating robots. Dr. Rybski from the Human Robot Interaction Group, made a robot that prepared granola bars. He says that this is a very good way of approaching people because what person does not want food. The simple fact that a robot is making food for a person immediately grabs people's attention and shows how much technology is moving forward. In Japan there is a restaurant that has two robots that make ramen noodle soup. This is very amazing because the one robot is a head chef that prepares the noodles and the other is a manager that adds toppings and serve the noodles. These robots also have other programs that when it is a slow day the robots begin to fight each other for entertainment. This is a very exciting thing that the robot programmers have added. What brings offense is that the people that work here and workers for the robots. Not only does this belittle the people but is this the outcome of our world that robots will be made to bring us entertainment and do work for us. They cost $100,000 a robot this is way to much for anyone at this point in the economy we are in today and not only that this would worsen our problem when it comes to getting a job how does someone compete with a robot that is never late, never tired, and always does what is told. This is a break through in technology yes but is this going to break mankind itself?

TV 3

Snowboarding champion Shaun White gaptured the Gold medal again in the mens' halfpipe event in the winter olympics. He impressed the judges with the gravity defying Double McTwist 1260. On his first run he scored a 46.8 which already made him the olympic champion but on his second run he dominated the competition with a 48.4. He was already an amazing snowboarder and athelete by winning the X games for the third time. The other two U.S. competitors would have threatened White's gold medal but were injured. I think that Shaun White is one of the greatest snowboarders and skateboarders of the world and like he seriously cannot be stoppped. He is only 23 years old and he is already an icon in the snowboarding and skateboarding industry. Now he is known in the X games and Olympics i think if anyone will be able to beat Shaun White or show some kind of challenge to him it will not be for a while and if so they should stand up and show what they got.

TV 2 (Movie)

today we continued watching when the levees broke. What really took my interest was first when george w. bush went to new orleans and just turned on the power in a specific building because he wanted to portray that the state of new orleans is moving up but they really were not and thata is just so wrong in many ways but also it was when the media was portraying that the new orleans citizens were refugees. Like there are so many wrong things about this name for our own people. Like did the hurricane come and just blow their citizenship away as well. Im not almost embarassed to say that the people that said that about our own people can be one of i us i guess

Journal Article 2

i was reading the news this morning and a specific article was about King Tut having Malaria. Like scientists recently have checked up on the boy pharaoh conditions and he had a severe case of malaria besides his bone degenerative bone condition. Scientists also say that this is one of the oldest cases of Malaria going back to 1324 B.C. They also examined more mummies and saw that they had DNA evidence of malaria. They also found that he had a leg fracture that also con have contributed to his death. Like i think that this big mystery of his death is kind of narrowing down to the fact that he had a spinal problem, he had many diseases, he got diagnosed with malaria, and now they found that he had a fractured leg. I believe that at some point his body just gave out on him. I think that his death is really something crazy i mean like i hope that they really figure out what happen to him because at some point people like historians maybe want to know what happen to him. To end this i want to say that it really was a good idea to go back to see King Tut's diagnostic and see that they find more i think that scientists should keep going doing this as technology keeps moving forward and maybe they can find more.

Journal Article 1

i read an article about Joe the Plumber today. This article was about Joe leaving John Mccain's campaign because Mccain is supposedly "no public servant" said by Joe the Plumber. Joe believes that John used him to depict an image of the middle class American. As Joe said " John used me as a ploy." And as for Sarah Palin, Joe is no longer in with her because she is behind Mccain's re-election. This article i think just shows how the middle class American deals with problems. I personlally would have done the same thing maybe for different reasons but i would have left Mccain for Joe's reason. And some people think that Joe owes something to Mccain but seriously he does not owe the man anything because Joe put himself out there to help promote John Mccain. Joe Wurzelbacher was used by Mccain to depict the average Joe. Like Mccain owes Joe, how does Mccain just use a man and feels that Joe owes him something. i call a guy like that a pig who has nothing to do but get publicity.

TV 1 (Movie)

yesterday in class we were watching when the levees broke and it is very sad about what some of the people had to go through. i mean the people from New Orleans took it upon themselves to help all of the people that were trying to survive such a catastrophe. i kind of took offense to when the people of the community toook quicker action then the government did like to me that says something reall big like is the government to busy or something to help some of there own people. thse people went through alot and i think if everyone knew what they did to survive and how they tried to save everyone. its sad how the government had almost no part in saving some of the people of New Orleans.

Class Discussion 4

Today in class we were talking about how our government had gone to Haiti to help Haiti so quickly from an unfortunate disaster and then when Katrina had struck New Orleans it took our government forever to help New Orleans. I think that this whole problem is pretty bad. Like New Orleans is in our own country, why would you not help a state that is in our own country. I think that the reason why the U. S. helped Haiti was because they wanted to be like knowned and like by the rest of the world. This is not right at all I would rather help a state in my own country then another country in some other place i hope that our government will change and learn to have the support of there own nation then the support of others.

TV 7

i was watching the Colbert report and i was noticing the segment on Obama health care bill. I think this is seriously something crazy because Obama is talking about having members from both sides and discussing this health care situation and it is going to be televised. I honestly am going to watch this because this is such a big deal in America today that this may be the most watch program on the 25th of February. I do not know how the Republicans may see this as but i know that it can be considered almost like a political suicide. This health care problem is going to turn into one of the most memorable televised programs.

TV 6

I watched ABC News this morning and caught a segment about a missing child in Texas. He is a 9 month old boy named Gabriel. Gabriel's dad is searching every where around St. Antonia for him. Apparently, Gabriel's mom is the main suspect. At first her story was that she gave her son away to a couple of strangers at a local park. Then she changed her story to suffocating him and putting him in a diaper bag. No witnesses have been found and no one seems to know anything about these two leads. Gabriel's dad is going door to door with flyers and the police and searching the local landfill for his body. Gabriel's dad believes he is still alive. Gabriel's mom is pleading not guilty to kidnapping and homicide in a local jail. This story really upset me. How could a mother do that to her own son? The one thing this story did not reveal is why she wanted to get rid of her son. I will continue to research this story in the hopes of finding that out

Journal Article 3

I read about Sarah Palin's speech at the tea party and her acceptance of republican vice presidential candidate nomiation. The Republicans thought that she was the new face of the party. The governor of Alaska really seems like a liability more than an assest for the Republican party. Ron Paul intitally shaped the Tea Party to be an anti-big government spending message. Ron believes that the moderate republican wing of the party may just be the direction they need. I think Sarah Palin is a face in the Republican party and nothing more. I do not think she understands the government and if she was asked a thing or two i doubt she would be able to answer any of the things any one asks of her. Now answer me if a women who cannnot answer simple questions, how do they think she can be the next president? Nominating Sarah was most indefintiely a really big liability and they need to change alot of the images that people portray for Sarah Palin.

TV 5

Last night i saw Superbowl 44 between the Colts and Saints. I really enjoyed the commercials this year. The biggerst advertisement that was promoted throughout the Superbowl was definitely Bud light. They had many commercials throughout the whole Superbowl about Bud light. But there were not many rememerable commercials i think. I also believe that Doritos also had a number of commercials. I really would like to wonder where do these businesses get the money to put so many commercials on the Superbowl. I also like the E trade baby commercials i believe that they are all hilarious. They also advertised alot of movies. Like the new up and coming "The Last Airbender", "Robin Hood", and "The Wolfman". The Superbowl this year itself was a very good game. The underdogs the Saints really showed that they are not scared of the Colts and proved that they are a team to be messed with in the future.

TV 4

i was watching the Colbert Report the other night and I got caught up in a conversation he had with Eliot Spitzer. This conversation was essentially about how the financial system is being built up to be the same way it was before the economic collapse. Spitzer talks about how he has nothing to lose and that he is not trying to uphold any image. Colbert asks Spitzer about what him and the people should really be worrying about and Spitzer replys everything. Spitzer says that the banks are using the money from the investor and tax payers money and they are gambling with it. Colbert says that it is a delicate time for the banks right now. But Spitzer says that he would not want the bubble to pop again. The same people who inflated the bubble still work there and the people that added to the mess are still there too. Eliot Spitzer says that the real problem is that the white house until last week did not begun with the financial problem and try to begun the financial structure. Spitzer thinks that money should be given to the businesses that are willing to invest instead of the banks that are willing to gamble it. I think that this whole bank situation is very hard to like control because the banks really can not be like controlled. Alot of changes should be done to the financial system and they should be done slowly so that there is not another economic collapse.

Class Discussion 2

Today in class we were talking abou the sitmulation center at the Army Center. In this center they have these simulations of riding a army hum-V and riding and shooting people, they also have a black hawk sim that alloows them to shoot people from the flying aircraft. The center itself has alot of technology for gaming purposes. I believe that some of the kids that do this may take this overboard. We started talking about how some kids started seeing the technology as the real world like kids need to know the differences between digital life and real life. Mothers also got arrested because they thought that the army was braingwashing there kids to want to go to war. I believe that the Army could may be trying to push the younger generation to go into the Army but also maybe they are trying to show what they do and give them the experience and dangers that our soldiers face everyday.

Journal Article 2

I recently read a review on the late Michael Jackson movie "This is it". What i read was that it was a real spectacular. The director Kenny Ortega talks about how they could not finish the movie because of obvious reasons but he did incorporate all of the time that Michael and that performers put into the movie. Not only did this show how hard they but it also showed how much of an average person Michael Jackson really was. He was missing some steps, he forgot some words, and he even gave some spotlight time t the other dancers and performers on the stage with him. The phrase that Michael Jackson consantly said throughout this whole thing was "this is why we have rehearsals". This movie is just showing that Michael Jackson may have been the "King of Pop" but he thought that he was just a normal that loved music and tried very hard to in place himself in the world of music. This movie itself was very good every song being played is rememerable all the words are clear to you. Some of the cast say that it is almost impossible to not tap your feet. I believe Michael Jackson was the most inspirational person in the world and that if he could be here today and maybe see what the world is without him I think, he would see how his death impacted the world.

TV 3 (Def Read)

I was watched the Colbert Report the other night and what i saw was David Gergen and his view on the Presidential speech. Even though the speech was on January 27th alot of people still have alot to say. David Gergen says that Obama's speech really connected with the younger generation. He also follows up with that Obama did not connect with the white "blue collar" people. Now what I think he meant by this is that there are maybe racist people who do not really want to hear what he has to say but would like to see what he is going to do. Gergen goes on to say that the reason for Obama not gainging some people's attention is because their lives really haven't change since his election. I believe Obama is trying hard and perhaps beyond that to try to please the people more then his co-workers. David Gergen continues on saying that Barrack Obama has taken some of the hardest deficits and still continues to try to help. I think that a man who continues to try his hardest when it might not do a thing is a man of promise. Gergen ends his conversation with Colbert saying that Obama is like John Kennedy, that he is idolistic, he is insprirational, and that he lifted the people when we thought there was no hope. He also says thay JFK stumbled and made mistakes his first year of presidency and he thinks that is where Obama is now he is young and is just starting this journey. I am a straight believer that in order to get better and to see amazing progress you have got to make mistakes you must see what you must improve in order to show that you can change and make it for the better. JFK may have made his mistakes during the first year but in the second year, I believe he showed that he learned from his mistakes and moved forward during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Obama is young, brilliant, smart, and a new sun for America. But as everyone knows the sunrise comes slowly but it is bright and everyone knows when the sun is up. Obama can help America but we have to be open for him to help and patient. Good things come in time and Obama just needs time.