The ebola virus might be more of a problem than we already think it is. The hospitals that are holding the affected patients are at a loss for what they should do with the patients waste, soiled sheets and contaminated tools and medical accessories used on the patients. This created a huge problem for the hospitals; one, Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. They stated that they make up as much as 40 bags of medical waste a day that they have no way to get rid of. This creates a huge problem for the patients because no hospital can think of a way to solve their problem.

This shocked me because there are so many people developing the illness. If even doctors and nurses don't want to deal with the virus, how are people going to get better? It seems kind of like the people are going to be helpless when they develop the illness. We need to figure out a way to throw out the waste and save these innocent peoples' lives.  

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Helping or Hurting?

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been a world-wide phenomenon for the past few months. People have been dumping ice cold buckets of water over their heads' to help show the pain and suffering people with ALS endure for thei whole life, not just for the 5 cold seconds. One group of fire fighters helping out the cause, however, have done some unintentional damage to themselves. Capt. Tony Grider died from a power line shock after trying to help out during the the challenge. The firefighter died from the shock, his partner released from the hospital just the past Tuesday. It seems that a life was lost while trying to help another. 

This article really spoke to me in the sense that it was no one's direct fault in this accident. It just happened while doing a good man was doing a good deed. It really feels ironic that a firefighter, taking time from his life to help ALS patients around the world with this challenge, lost his life. It goes to show that the unthinkable can happen. I hope that both the families of the men are holding up, and remember that the life of the one that no longer lives, was trying to help an ALS patient live longer. May he rest in peace. 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/us/firefighters-ice-bucket-challenge/index.html?c=homepage-t&page=1

Current Events Article

  In this weekend's current events article I actually found an article that was quite interesting, yet very frightening to me. I learned how easy it is to get hacked. Not just hacked on social media, but getting out credit cards, social security, even our medical records, hacked. Now everyone might be saying, "how does this even apply to me," because I know I thought the same when I read the article's title "Welcome to the Age of Hacks." It's actually really easy for any of us to get hacked. I recently decided to get my first debit card, but using debit and credit cards can be more dangerous than we all know. Especially now since it's so easy to do everything from our phones. One swipe and a hacker can use all your information. They can take money from your bank accounts, use your social security, anything. The possibilities of information they can get to are limitless. It's actually said to be really easy to do also, big companies like Target, who lost $146 million from the jacks done to their customers. This article said to use cash as much as possible. Swiping ours cards is more dangerous than we think. And getting all your information back and our of the hackers hands is a tedious and long process. Good luck getting the mess figured out once it happens. 

     I liked this article a lot because it pertained to me, it has to do with so many people today, and so many generations to come. Hacking is so prevalent now. Seems like way too many petiole know how to take advantage and hurt people's lives. I'm shocked at how many people were hacked in the past year: almost half American adults. That's so many that it's not only alarming but makes you think about how important it is to take necessary precautions. No one is safe, seriously no one. Keep an eye on bank accounts, credit cards. People can get your information from hospital records as well. Well aren't those "classified?" Pretty scary to think about. 

  

Here's my article link, I suggest everyone actually read it: 

http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/04/technology/security/age-of-the-hack/index.html

In previous years' yearbooks there are some nice things that I wouldn't mind continuing in our 2015 yearbook, but also many things I think we need to change. First off, can we stop putting pictures in where people clearly aren't ready? Also, I think we should make sure the backgrounds of the pages aren't boring white. I liked 2014's yearbook the best, it got a lot of great pictures of people, and the quality was awesome. You can tell they put a lot of work into it.

Get out mi blog!! Just kidding, here's my objective article first in blue, and my subjective article second in pink!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/02/showbiz/justin-bieber-arrested/index.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/back-to-college-the-on_b_5749712.html