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Article #1 - World Current Event
Article Title - RIM: Signs of life for struggling BlackBerry maker?

Author - Jon Swartz

URL (create a link) - USA TODAY Summarize your article. My article that I chose talks about BlackBerry and that it is almost "extinct' because of it's competitors like the popular Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy III. The main point of the article is that BlackBerry may be "revived" or popular again because of a company called RIM, an acronym for Research In Motion. The article states there will be new BlackBerry phones on the market after January 30th and that RIM, the company behind these new BlackBerrys, can revive BlackBerry.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? I like the part where it says there will be new phones. I'm looking forward to seeing these new phones and how it operates, etc. I just like seeing new inventions and technology. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? This current event is both positive and negative. This article is positive because it tells us people, that BlackBerry will be on the rise and that there will be new phones in the near future. This article is negative because it might cause people to switch their brand-new couple-hundred-dollar phones for the newest and latest phone on the market. The phones they get rid of would be a waste of money and waste of materials. This article is also negative because it informs us that the new phones will make us humans even lazier.

Article #2 - State Current Event
Article Title - Robot swims from U.S. to Australia, sets world record

Author - Stephanie Grimes

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@http://www.ksl.com/?sid=23279482&nid=1014&title=robot-swims-from-us-to-australia-sets-world-record

Summarize your article.

A robotic wave glider has landed in Australia, setting a record-breaking 9,000-nautical-mile ride from San Francisco. The robot was called Papa Mau and it left San Francisco on November 17th of 2011. The cool and environment-friendly fact about the robot was that it didn't use any fuel during the entire trip. Instead, it "converted wave energy into forward motion for its fins." It also used solar energy to power the robot's diagnostics. The main goals for this project was to show the technology being used and to obtain and transmit ocean data.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article?

The part where the robot didn't use any fuel to travel through the ocean was very interesting. It is very environment-friendly and it was still able to complete the journey without fuel.

How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? This affects my life in a positive way because in the future, marine biologists or people in marine study may just use these robots to gather and learn information. They don't have to go by boat anymore, which could save a lot of money. This article stated that these robots were relatively inexpensive.