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I read an article on the ESPN blog named “Nuggets coach again fighting cancer” by Ric Bucher talking about the Denver Nuggets head basketball coach who had been cancer-free since prostate surgery in July 2005, found a lump on his neck about six weeks ago. A biopsy determined that it was a very curable form of neck and throat cancer, the head coach said that he will have to force himself out of some of regular season games. This matters to me because I love watching the Denver Nuggets and Coach Karl is the best thing in sports we have had in Denver since John Elway. I really hope that coach makes it because he would be a big loss to the fans in Denver.

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In the article “computer glitches delays Colorado unemployment checks” written by the Denver Post. The article talks about how a computer glitch happened and now the unemployment checks in Colorado will be given late, this shows that our society today and in the future relies too much on technology instead of the old fashion way. This matters to me, the world, and the community because we all take advantage of what we can do with technology. We take advantage by thinking that the technology will do things for us; when something happens with the technology we have no idea what to do. This is just one example and I think that we should know about the technology be for we use it.

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The article Global Voices in Haiti: On Reconstruction on the Global Voices Online blog talks about all the people and countries that help the Haitians after the earthquake and how the reconstructions. Some of the countries that helped with the aftershock were Russia, Japan, America and many more privet donations this shows that we are in a caring world that people are wining. The reconstruction part is probably the hardest thing about the earthquake because you have to find all the people that became homeless by the earthquake and put them somewhere. This matters to me because I felt sorry for all the people that are homeless because of a bad natural disaster.

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On the ESPN blog there was an article named "South Carolina celebration cost" by the Associated Press is talking about when the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team playing the top team Kentucky at home. South Carolina beat Kentucky the best team in college basketball and the students of the Gamecocks rushed the court in celebration to enjoy the win over the number one team. The students caused lots of damages and a 25,000 fine was given to the athletic department of South Carolina university. This matters to me because I hate when this happens because people can get hurt and its dangerous for the players and coaches. How to fix this is to hire more security around the court and enforce more fine to stop this.

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The Internet is one of the most power full things on the face of the planet and it changed how we learn information and how we communicate with friends. The facts that the Internet brings are interesting information that we will never know because we do not intervene with it in normal life; this makes me so much smarter than if i did not have Internet. Also with the Internet it allows us to talk to friends when they do not have phones, I like that because a lot of the time for me my friends are on the computer more than they're by their phones so it helps me out a lot. The Internet changed these two things the most for me because that is mostly why i use the Internet.

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Wow, is all I can say about the situation in Haiti because the damage is so bad and the devastation that it has caused to the native people.I got an article named "Haiti's absent leader doesn't like to talk at all" from MSNBC asking the question: where has he been? This natural disaster has brought much sadness, and it has affected many of the people in America like Samuel Dalembert. Samuel is a professional basketball player who has been personally affected by the earthquake through the death of several family members. The main thing on my mind concerning the tragedy is where is the leadership of the government? They haven't done anything to help their citizens. I know it is hard, but you do get payed to get things fixed in your country so they need to start doing something and quick. This matters to me because I feel really sorry for everyone that was effected by the earthquake, I saw on CNN that a child was dragged out of a crushed building and he had been there for eight days with no food and no water.

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In my Language Arts we got to chose a topic about injustices in the world and and I chose to do mine on how the college football system is unfair because it really dose not chose the best team. Many important people have spoken out against this like the president and lots of politicians; republican and democratic. You know its a big topic when those two parties agree on it. This matters to me because I love to watch college football and I am a big fan of the rankings but when it comes down to the end of the season it becomes unfair because sometimes the best teams never vs. each other and I don't like that. How I would fix this is by creating a playoff system between the top 16 teams so there can really be a champion.