Social networking causes woman to lose her head!!!

[News Analyst Assignment]

Link to the article online at Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/24/woman-decapitated-in-mexi_0_n_979609.html 

            The story broke Sept. 24 at 11:45 p.m., Eastern Time zone. It seems to be a well written article. It has credibility as being published by the Associated Press. It carries a bunch of qualities of being a good story and factual. It was also published online on Huffington Post. It isn’t a long read either, so reader is more likely to finish reading the article before clicking elsewhere to another link. On www.huffingtonpost.com a picture of Mexican police officers and Mexican military are displayed above the story text.

            The author does a good job of drawing in the reader by stating someone was killed, but not giving the name out immediately. He got his story from the Mexico’s Human Rights Commission, a chat room at Nueva Laredo en Vivo, an employee at the Nuevo Laredo newspaper Primera Hora, and an interior secretary of northern Tamaulipas state. His sources were showed different sides to the story. If he would have gotten an interview with the police officers who discovered the body, that might be a better credible source. If only he would have spoken to someone that worked at the newspaper that was able to speak about the incident the story would have had a different view point.

            The story did give the reader a fair amount of background information that added to the relevancy of the news. It gave insight into more of what the drug cartel is about. It shows what the Zetas and Mexican nationalists are going through during this time of social networking popularity booming and everyday life killings occurring in Mexico. It shows the correlation of what is being said online, in text, not in-person and how these Zetas are responding to this negative feedback.

            I think this story is an insightful, well written, informative article. Now you know what currently happened in Nueva Laredo, Mexico bordering the state of California. Now you know that this maybe once optimistic journalist lost her life by posting some facts about a local gang’s location and her updates of what is going on about these gangs. The article even informed the reader of what the sign said found next to her body. This is good reporting.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/24/woman-decapitated-in-mexi_0_n_979609.html

RAGE!!

Zack de la Rocha - an ambassador for Mexican American relevancy in the United States. He is an activist, poet, singer, lyricist, and vocalist. He is the lead singer for the band, Rage Against the Machine. Powerful in his words, he sings with purpose. Here is an article about the band's last gig at the 2011 L.A. Rising Music Festival in Los Angeles.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rage-against-the-machine-keep-fighting-at-l-a-rising-festival-20110801

So far from home

Whenever I get homesick, or I miss my family way too much, I turn to this website to let nostalgia kick in.

http://www.tejanofm.com/index.php

Tejano Music originated in Texas, but it has slowly been dying. This music was around when my parents were in their 20s and 30s. Now my parents are in their mid 50s and listen to this music to remember the good times they've had. It makes them feel young, I suppose. Tejano Music is the Americanized version of Mexican conjunto songs. They tell stories of love and romance; all in Spanish, of course.

Mariano Rivera has 600 career saves

Mariano Rivera has been nothing but clutch for the New York Yankees, but Tuesday night "the Sandman"  took it one step further. Rivera tallied save number 600, one save away form the all-time save leader Trevor Hoffman. Rivera, originally from Panama, has been with the Yankees for 17 seasons and done some incredible things for the only organization he has called home. He has been on 12 American League All-Star teams, has won 5 World Series, and won the 1991 World Series Major League MVP award.

"The Sandman" has the stats to put him in the elite club of Hall of Fame. He has one heck of an arm to be at the age of 41. I applaud this human being for his incredible baseball career, but more so I applaud this Latino for his humility in reaching this tremendous baseball statistic. He repeatedly thanks God, his family, and his teammates of current and the past. What more can you ask from your closing pitcher, and in a person?

I have never been much of a fan for the Yankees and their dominance over the rest of the American League, and furthermore my Boston Redsox, but Mariano Rivera is an exception. He has always had a calm, composed demeanor that should be mirrored in every athlete in baseball. He has pitched through the later years of what is known as the steroid era and has kept name out of speculation and in the record books.

So thank you Mariano Rivera, on behalf of Major League Baseball and Latinos all across the United States.

MLB.COM's tribute to Mariano Rivera's Career: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19196205&topic_id=16992138&c_id=nyy&tcid=vpp_copy_19196205&v=3

Story first covered by Yahoo.com: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-riveras600th