Joshua Franklin 30, died yesterday around 6:30 pm in a fatal car crash. Glynn County police are investigating this accident. They found a cell phone on the floor and laptop in the passengers seat.
They are concluding that maybe this was the cause of his death. Cell phones in the past decade have been a factor in car accidents and it seems as if its only rising.
The media today is all about promoting the newest and latest cell phones and laptops. I think that the need in society today to have instant gratification, especially with the touch screen phones is becoming a problem.
I think the media pushes to have things now. In relation to this crash, I'm sure this gentleman feels he needs to talk or write someone that moment. I know I have text and talk while driving but I am getting a lot better about it. I know in Australia it is illegal to use your cell phone and drive.
What do you feel about this situation? Do you think there should be a limit or maybe even a ban on using cell phones while driving? Do you think people feel the need now days to respond to there phone right away?
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Breast Cancer marathon a Success
On Sunday February 17 Donna Deegan the founder of the marathon, held a 26.2 miles run to raise money for breast cancer.
They were shocked at the turn out of the marathon. It was expected that about 5,000 would participate, but 8,000 people were involved.
They raised 800,000 dollars and the great thing about this is that 100 percent of the money raised is for breast cancer.
The marathon went from San Pablo road to Atlantic beach. Donna and Tim Deegan finished the race in a little over 5 hours.
I think that this is so great that this many people can get together and do this. I mean this is a 26.2 mile marathon, its not an easy task.
I think that the advertisement for this was great, it was all over the news and there were signs all down A1A. I think that more people were aware of this and maybe the media was a good thing. Do you think that more people were involved because they knew about it from the amount of advertisement?
They were shocked at the turn out of the marathon. It was expected that about 5,000 would participate, but 8,000 people were involved.
They raised 800,000 dollars and the great thing about this is that 100 percent of the money raised is for breast cancer.
The marathon went from San Pablo road to Atlantic beach. Donna and Tim Deegan finished the race in a little over 5 hours.
I think that this is so great that this many people can get together and do this. I mean this is a 26.2 mile marathon, its not an easy task.
I think that the advertisement for this was great, it was all over the news and there were signs all down A1A. I think that more people were aware of this and maybe the media was a good thing. Do you think that more people were involved because they knew about it from the amount of advertisement?
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A new voting system
The voting system on Super Tuesday may take longer than expected due to California and other states switching their system from paper ballots to touch screen ballots.
Five states used the touch screen ballots and voter experts say that this could be nearly impossible to count if it becomes a close race, which I think will definitly happen.
According to a report released by Common Cause and the Verified Voting Foundation "All polling places in New Jersey, Delaware and Georgia, as well as most in Tennessee and some in Arkansas, will use paperless touch-screen machines on Tuesday. These states were rated “high risk” for voting problems, two advocacy groups that have been critical of electronic voting."
As 24 states voted the election officials are in for a long night and could move into early Wednesday morning. Not to mention that there are 60,000 absentee votes that have began to fall apart at the fold lines.
Now serious problems are expected, but some states are expecting a higher turnout than usual.
With the absentee votes coming in at last minute, this too will cause delays.
I think that the paper ballot has worked for so long and why try and change it now.
Do you think that technology can sometimes have a negative affect or do you think that this could work? Is techonlogy sometime too "high tech?"
Five states used the touch screen ballots and voter experts say that this could be nearly impossible to count if it becomes a close race, which I think will definitly happen.
According to a report released by Common Cause and the Verified Voting Foundation "All polling places in New Jersey, Delaware and Georgia, as well as most in Tennessee and some in Arkansas, will use paperless touch-screen machines on Tuesday. These states were rated “high risk” for voting problems, two advocacy groups that have been critical of electronic voting."
As 24 states voted the election officials are in for a long night and could move into early Wednesday morning. Not to mention that there are 60,000 absentee votes that have began to fall apart at the fold lines.
Now serious problems are expected, but some states are expecting a higher turnout than usual.
With the absentee votes coming in at last minute, this too will cause delays.
I think that the paper ballot has worked for so long and why try and change it now.
Do you think that technology can sometimes have a negative affect or do you think that this could work? Is techonlogy sometime too "high tech?"
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