According to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL there will be an private invite-only memorial service for the late Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Inc. and a genius when it came to technology. His visions for the future opened up doors for not only his company, but other electronic companies such as telephone servers. The iPod and iPhone alone have been one of the biggest forms of success that Apple has had. The ingenuity that Steve Jobs brought to his work was "outside the box".
The memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Stanford University campus.
Apple will also be hosting "an event for Apple employees to celebrate Mr. Jobs's life at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Oct. 19".
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
"Texting while driving draws few citations"
Texting has always been an issue while driving because it "impairs" the driver. When a driver is distracted in any way they can be harmful to others and themselves. This is a lesson we learn the first time behind the wheel. I was always taught to be cautious of other drivers because you do not know what they are doing. The unpredictable nature that can arise from driving is intimidating, but should be respected. Now that cell phones have become huge, so has texting and people text while driving. I will admit that when I drive the ONLY time I text is when I am at a stop sign or a spot light. This way I can concentrate on what is important when I am driving...seeing the road. There have been laws out against driving and having your phone out, but according to the Boston Globe not may citations have been given. Since the ban took effect on Sept. 30, 2010, police have been writing one texting ticket for every 200 speeding tickets said in the Boston Globe. The Boston Globe also said three drivers in Massachusetts, on average, get ticketed for texting each day - a drop in the bucket in a state with 4.7 million licensed drivers and more than 75,000 miles of road.
In Tennessee they are have similar issues; yet their ban was put into place on July 1, 2009. According to the TriCities News since January of this year, troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol have issued 47 tickets statewide, Tennessee Department of Safety Public. Also said, Texting while driving tickets are considered non-moving violations, which means violators do not receive any points on their driver's record. However, people who break the law do have to pay a maximum fine of $50.
Of the 34 states with texting bans, 25 continue to allow handheld phone use for dialing and talking in the car, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, a national organization that supports state highway safety agencies (Boston Globe).
I find a lot of these facts to be very interesting. I knew that regulating texting while driving would be difficult for police officials. I was once pulled over because an officer thought I was texting. He said he saw me looking down a lot while driving beside me, but in fact I was messing with my radio/ipod. My phone had been off at the time, but as you can see it is very hard for officers to tell whether or not someone is in fact miss using their phone and endangering others.
I find that the Boston Globe has more statistics and facts about this situation, whereas the Super Lawyers web-page is all about "helping" you out once you have committed the crime of illegal phone use. The other web-page is more about a particular state and how they deal with the ban. I enjoyed once again reading the Boston Globe over the other sites.
Sources:
http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/10/08/texting-while-driving-draws-few-citations/yaEiTdL0FDPYBShMSp5zJK/story.xml
http://www.textingaccident.com/2010/08/few-tickets-given-since-enforcing-texting-while-driving-ban/
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/apr/23/texting_while_driving_ban_results_in_few_tickets-ar-234929/
In Tennessee they are have similar issues; yet their ban was put into place on July 1, 2009. According to the TriCities News since January of this year, troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol have issued 47 tickets statewide, Tennessee Department of Safety Public. Also said, Texting while driving tickets are considered non-moving violations, which means violators do not receive any points on their driver's record. However, people who break the law do have to pay a maximum fine of $50.
Of the 34 states with texting bans, 25 continue to allow handheld phone use for dialing and talking in the car, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, a national organization that supports state highway safety agencies (Boston Globe).
I find a lot of these facts to be very interesting. I knew that regulating texting while driving would be difficult for police officials. I was once pulled over because an officer thought I was texting. He said he saw me looking down a lot while driving beside me, but in fact I was messing with my radio/ipod. My phone had been off at the time, but as you can see it is very hard for officers to tell whether or not someone is in fact miss using their phone and endangering others.
I find that the Boston Globe has more statistics and facts about this situation, whereas the Super Lawyers web-page is all about "helping" you out once you have committed the crime of illegal phone use. The other web-page is more about a particular state and how they deal with the ban. I enjoyed once again reading the Boston Globe over the other sites.
Sources:
http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/10/08/texting-while-driving-draws-few-citations/yaEiTdL0FDPYBShMSp5zJK/story.xml
http://www.textingaccident.com/2010/08/few-tickets-given-since-enforcing-texting-while-driving-ban/
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/apr/23/texting_while_driving_ban_results_in_few_tickets-ar-234929/
Sunday, October 2, 2011
"Cain says he should have spoken up for gay soldier:"
THE BOSTON GLOBE vs FREE REPUBLIC
The Boston Globe
The article written by Douglas Birch flows very nice from beginning to right about the end. The lead is good with giving the who, what, where, and when. How did this get started? Well what is the article about?
The article in question is about Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain. When he spoke at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 17, 2011.
At this confernace the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was brought up and a gay soldier that had served in Iraq was booed off the stage, while Cain said nothing. 'Separately, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that the GOP candidates at the debate should have defended the soldier. ‘‘The fact is we should honor every man and woman who is serving in the military and should in no way treat them with anything but the highest regard,’’ he told CBS’ ‘‘Face the Nation.’''
Free Republic
**This website is a Republican blogging website. On the page this article is located, this website is asking for money to "Fuel the tank".
Back to the news about Cain...
On this website bloggers responded negatively to Cain's actions. Below are some of the responses he got:
-"First he plays the Race Card, now the Gay Card."
-"It's becoming clearer everyday that Cain's endorsement of Romney was no fluke.I'm done with Cain...and disappointed."
Also as I read more about what ppl are saying on the blog I am starting to notice how different I am with my views verses their views on the matter.
The article on this website is not in full as it is on The Boston Globe. I think that this was done intentional so that only key points were highlighted. Such as this "short" article only focus' on what Cain said and no one else. Though thinking from the poster of this blog I can see how he/she was selective with choosing what to post so that they could manipulate someone's opinion on an other.
Still I would have to say that I still prefer The Boston Globe over this blogging website. Newspaper, either digital or not, still have news for both sides of political issues and from there you can make your opinion. Most of the time articles are not bias.
The Boston Globe wins!
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