Thursday, April 2, 2009

Piracy law cuts internet traffic

Sweden's new policy - the Local IPRED law - allows copyright holders to force Internet service providers (ISP) to reveal details of users sharing files. " The intellectual property of people can be sent and received using things such as BitTorrent sharing sites. Along with things such as music and video. Sweden's new law is designed to stop file sharing. It is the same as stealing. An xmen movie has been leaked on the Internet before the movie has been completely finished. So that's is millions in profit sales down. If the US enforces a law that is like this it will affect many people. limewire is very popular, the people who are charged with illegal file sharing will be many.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

work cited

WORK CITED

LaPierre, Wayne, Mr. "Barack Obama's 10 Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment." National Rifle Assossiation 28 June 2008. 5 Mar. 2009 http://www.nrapvf.org/News/ Article.aspx?ID=308.


LaPierre, Wayne, Mr. "Change...For the Worse." National Rifle Assossiation 20 Nov. 2008. 5 Mar. 2009 .

LaPierre, Wayne, Mr. "Standing Guard: Ever Vigilant." National Rifle Assossiation 19 Feb. 2009. 5 Mar. 2009 .



Cox, Chris W., Mr. "Has Their Time Come?" National Rifle Assocition 26 Jan. 2009. 5 Mar. 2009 .

Barnes, Robert, Mr. "Justices Uphold Ban on Guns for Abusers." The Washington Post. 25 Feb. 2009. 5 Mar. 2009 http://www.washingtompst.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009.02/24/ AR2009022403423.html.


"Sarah Palin and Joe Biden: Worlds Apart." NRA-ILA. 29 Aug. 2008. 5 Mar. 2009 .

Friday, March 20, 2009

Playing again....allowed?

I think that if someone is convicted of a crime that is in professional sports. Such as Michael vice with the NFL. that they should be banned from returning to professional athleticism. If you or me commit a crime such as dog fighting on that scale we wouldn't be able to return to our original job, and we would have a hard time finding a job that will be willing to hire us.
Vick is nearing the end of his 23 month sentence in prison on dog fighting charges. after that he will move to home confinement by may then by July 20 he will be able to join the NFL again. Though it is unknown weather or not Rodger Goodell will allow his return to the NFL.

The possible return of Vick to the professional world is bound to raze some protest from PETA and other animal rights activist groups, along with some unhappy fans.
The players of the profesinal world are role models to kids, vick has set a bad example to kids. The fact that they are somewhat famous makes somepeople think that they can get away with almost anything. They cant.

PETA is looking for more that an apology from Michael Vick; the organization wants him to submit to a brain scan to see if he has psychopathic tendencies. If Vick denies the test he may not be allowed to join the Leauge again.
The one thing that Vick might find true is that the anmails he treated so badly are the most willing to accept him.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Education and Assimilation

I think that what they did through the 1980s, the schools generally pulled immigrates out of the mainstream classes for at least an hour or two each day for “English as a Second Language” courses that were largely focused on basic English and vocational training would help a lot. The high school American student knows more about America than a immigrate knows, the American student has had a jump start of common sense that the immigrate hasn't had. which turns out to be around 15 years of knowledge. The classes that students take, such as history, will ask questions such as what did the Bolshevik revolution cause in the US? The red scare. The American student knows more about foreign history than a immigrant knows about American history. Which they are a part of.

I think that one thing we can do to help an immigrant assimilate is to give him time to adjust to English classes. Such as have him that a remedial English course such as a lower grade than the high school level. once he becomes familiar with English in that level start advancing him until he has a basic idea of whats going on and then start moving him to the high school level. Another thing we could do is have a set time for them to get out of the mainstream of high school and take a class they are comfortable with to help them grow and feel more comfortable in high school.

one of the things i think that's holding people back from assimilating is that people are somewhat raciest, when asked why the immigrates didnt have friends with the mainstream high schoolers they say "people who cursed at them while they were working at McDonald’s, or an employer who cheated their father of his wages, or a student who told them to stop speaking Spanish on the school bus." when asked why the mainstream dont assosicat with the immigrants they mention "a worker who did not finish a job their parents had paid for, or a line of pregnant women at the clinic where their mother works, or a gang member who stole a friend’s books."

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Stem cell research

The Individual states shouldn't be able to go against the Federal governments rulings. The Stem cell research that goes on can and probably will grant a cure for major disorders. "no ones right for a cure supersedes someone else right to life", said Dan Becker. If people think that stem cell research is snuffing out the spark of life at its earliest time, then what have we been doing to chickens all this time? isn't a chickens egg basically the same as a human egg, minus the shell of course.
some people think that the senate bill will be a blow to the states thrivings research universities, as well as fertility clinics that perfor thousands of in-vitro treatments every year.
"we have the president of the United States saying he is going to put science ahead of politics and unfortunately in Georgia we are moving in the opposite directions," said state Sen. Dacid Adelman, a democrat.
one thing that ive noticed is that democrats are for saving every life while republicans are for sustaning the quality of life when it comes to stem cell research. Free thinking is part of the first amendment, so saying that we cant do the research is going against the amendment.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

newspapaer

the newspaper publisher McClatchy cuts 1600 jobs because of price cuts clipped the newspaper work force down to two-thirds of what it was. i believe that the newspaper will slowly but steadily wither the work force down until the newspapers are all either automated or down to bare bones work force. I think that the want for a paper in the morning with a hot cup of coffee and a donut will not disappear. If the paper does end up getting the boot, i think that people will reminisce the early days of getting the paper. I personally will miss the paper, the availability of the news locally is faster than waiting for the guy on the TV to tell you what you want to hear and if you miss what you wanted to hear...then your wasting your time. the Internet is another valuable source of the news and that is constantly being updated and changed, so the news your are getting is always current. I get my news from the newspaper, Internet and the TV. but mostly from the radio on my way to work. The radio is portable, is easy to access and cheap.