Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Wait... A War?


War. It's hard not to feel disturbed by the idea of war. Immediately, the word finds various meanings in the minds of random people; it involves violence in any of them, whatsoever. We are in the 21st century and, impressively, it's debated sort of frequently nowadays.

It's ten years now since US declared war over Iraq. It was an unsuccessful war, with no winners. Iraq is still feeling the sour effects till this day. No one would expect US would embark on another war. This time around with North Korea.

Kim Jong Un, self declared supreme leader of North Korea, claims US economic sanctions over a late North Korean nuclear test are a call for a war. He is kind of determined to influence leaders to attend his demands for oil, food etc. It's not that different from past leaders, such as the father, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung, the first leader of the 'modern' North Korean peninsula.

No one would expect this type of behaviour from a person who has been in contact with the outside world. After studying in Berna, Switzerland, Kim Jong Un has returned to Pyongyang in 2000, and, to a surprising degree, in 2010 he has been awarded a four star general in the army, and vice president for the highest military comission in the country's Labour Party.

Although nerves are trembling in Asia (Japan) and in America - a little bit - experts consider he is showing his testoterone hormones to the world, in a way to be respected. It's not for real there's an impending war nearby; what is for real is the fact the whole world is getting to know more about this fellow, and his immature posture, while people in North Korea still suffers. 

Thursday, October 6, 2011

This is Now a Goodbye

                                               Farewell, Steve.  
Picture from http://exame.abril.com.br/inovacao/noticias/5-conselhos-de-jobs-para-quem-quer-pensar-diferente


Some weeks ago I wrote a blog post about Apple without Steve Jobs. I considered that he would soon be able to announce new Apple products. I feel bad I didn't see the real reason for his impediment as president of the corporation. He died on October 5, in consequence of a rare pancreatic cancer.


If I had checked it, I would've given a concise statement. The thing is that he acknowledged he was cured from cancer on his Stanford speech to students, in 2005. 


It seems like he got the symptoms back in 2009 and endured in a liver transplant the same year. It was supposed to stop the spread of the disease and add more years to his life. 


This silent cancer is only known when it's on its advanced stages. He could have lived more, but chances of survival are between 6 and 10%.


I know I enjoyed to see every new product he would bring up. Every professional has something to learn with  him.