http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/17/utc-student-arrested-bike-preacher_n_4283863.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

This story shows how some preachers make others hate them and sometimes what they call for instead of making others accept their call. Some preachers consider themselves in the right way and the others who ignore what these preachers think religious obligation and do what these preachers think religious sins are not. Because these preachers believe that people who don't follow what they call for are going to the hell, they are very enthusiastic to rescue people from the hell and lead them to the heaven. Consequently, these preachers usually use hurting words, such as sinners that is mentioned by the preacher in this article, in order to wake the others up from their inattention and put them in the right way. However, using the hurting words and being rude cannot ever make the others believe you. Instead, it will disturb people and lead them to refuse what you call for and ignore or hate you. If these preachers really want to rescue people, they have to be friendly and use the nicest words in order to let people believe that they are not in the right way. In addition, they have to consider that what they believe is not always true. In my country, we suffer from many preachers who tell the others they are going to the hell and they are uninhibited and immoral only because they don't follow what the preachers call for. They call the others these offensive words even though the others follow religious instructions from religious scholars that are against these preachers' beliefs. In sum, the preachers have to look to themselves and see how many sins they do every day before calling the others sinners or they are going to the hell. Furthermore, they have to believe that everyone has good and bad sides and people should work with each other to improve the bad sides by listening to others' advice.
I stand with the students and I hope that the preacher will be more friendly or stopped and the students will win with their petition.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/microsoft-nokia-windows-phone_n_3861707.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

This article shows a reason of what prevents Windows phones from having high sales, and this reason is a lack of the number of apps that are popular in smartphones such as Instagram and Candy Crush. This reason is very significant feature in recent smartphones because smartphones are now like a personal assistant, so users want a smart assistant satisfying or answering their needs. In the past, smartphones were competing with each other by improving hardware such as camera, storage space and sound power. However, the recent smartphones are competing with each other by the quality of the operating system in design, stability and a satisfied number of apps that answering users' needs. In my opinion, the hardest part of them is offering a satisfied number of apps because any smartphones company needs to attract programming companies in order to build apps for its operating system. Windows phones came after Android and Apple phones, so users who would like to buy a Windows phone often come from Android or iPhone. Therefore, users want to move to Windows phone without giving up their favorite apps in the last phone. Consequently, Microsoft needs to attract the companies of the popular apps in smartphones in order to program a copy for its operating system, which often takes long time. Microsoft is on of the biggest technology companies in the world, so I think it will not take very long time to offer copies from the popular apps in its phones.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/willburns/2013/05/27/how-xbox-one-will-change-advertising-forever/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

The main point in the article is to promote the new Xbox, but the writer presents features in this Xbox as revolution in home entertainment while all these features have been presented in a number of electronic products such as some TVs and Apple TV. He starts with the recognition feature that can recognize your voice in order to say commands to the TV rather than use remote control, but this feature has been built in many TVs like Samsung smart TV, which gives a viewer the ability to control the TV by his voice. Secondly, he adds multi-task as another feature that also has been built in the Samsung smart TV. The third mentioned feature is that showing some information about a TV show while showing, but this feature is existing in some apps in Apple TV, which gives the user more options by offering more diverse apps in this area. In the next section, he presents the direct response feature in ads, but he doesn't say it only works with ads from Microsoft and it doesn't work with ads from cable channels. Therefore, the viewer can not use this feature while watching the cable TV. The next feature is stop and shop, but this feature is a kind of imagination, fantasy or science fiction and it will not be used in the near future unless it has support from the TV channels in providing all the brands names. In sum, the writer can promote what the new Xbox features but he must not overstate what he promotes so that the promotion can be believable.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/05/egyptian-nationalism_n_4039450.html?utm_hp_ref=egypt

While this article is showing groups of Muslims and Christians work together against Morsi's supporters, this article ignores one of the most important factors of the hate between Muslims and Christians. This factor is that Mubarak's government made many attacks against Christians and blamed Muslim groups in order to rise the hate between the two sides. Morsi was removed by the army that was main component of Mubarak's government, and now the army is governing the country. Therefore, the army will do the same polices that were applied by Mubarak's government. Mubarak and the army governing is a dictatorship, so they need make many fights between the sides in the society in order not to be the first enemy of them. Therefore, the peace between Muslims and Christians cannot be exist for long time under the dictatorial country. This article should mention Mubarak period as time in which the hate between Muslims and Christians rose a lot. In addition, it should question whether the army will apply the same policies of Mubarak's government specially in the relation between Muslims and Christians or not.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/google-eric-schmidt-nsa-spying_n_4211785.html

The reputation of Google and many American companies specializing in Internet-related services and products was much hurt by Snowden's leaks. These leaks disclosed that these companies had allowed National Security Agency (NSA) to make back doors in order to have access to users' data. A huge portion of the business of these companies relies on users's trust because their services deal with users' private information and the majority of users cannot share their information with leaking companies. Therefore, these companies have been trying to protect their users' trust by deny the leaks and showing themselves surprised. In this article, there is one of the speeches in which Google aims to completely blame NSA for the surveillance and pretends to be innocent.  Schmidt said he had registered complaints with NSA and the president due to the leaks talking about tapping a huge amount of users information by NSA. However, Schmidt ignores the prism system that was exposed in Snowden's leaks. This system shows a clear agreement between many Internet companies including Google and NSA to give it access to users' data. When Schmidt tries to enhance Google's reputation by registering complaints against NSA due to some leaks, he has to see the other leaks that blame Google for giving NSA an access to spy on users.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/yoga-school-religion-new-mexico-alonzo-baldonado_n_4174276.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

There are many sport and holiday activities or other types of activities started as religious activities, so they usually have religious meanings or faithful thoughts. Due to the fact that people believe different religions, it is disrespectful to force people to do religious exercises of other religions. When I read this article, I understood Baldonado's concerns because he doesn't want to do a religious sport related to another religion he thinks it is not true. He assured that he has nothing against Eastern religions, but, when his home-schooled daughters have private swim lessons that involve yoga, they choose to opt out. His daughters could not agree to do activities that have meanings considered false in their religion. Although the gym teacher mentioned in this article said she never defines “stretching or mat work” as  yoga nor religious activity, Baldonado insisted that this practice is still linked to Eastern religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. The main point is not in the names of these exercises, but, the main point is in the thoughts or the meanings these exercises express. People who made these activities were aiming to express religious thoughts when designing these activities. Therefore, I agree with Baldonado's concerns.
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