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Stamps
Back then, most Americans still had to lick a stamp to send mail.
Then along came an experimental browser called Mosaic, followed by an improved browser from Netscape. And if you had a computer, you discovered a new way to this cool, new thing called the World Wide Web.
Mosaic and Netscape were the first popular connection to what came to be called the information superhighway and followed the first browser by Tim Berners-Lee called Worldwide Web.
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, fewer than one in seven Americans were online in 1995. Today, the majority of Americans are surfing the Web, exchanging e-mail, reading bank statements and ball scores, checking the weather. Today, Pew says, two out of every three Americans spend time online.
The World Wide Web has transformed the way people live, work and play. People can play travel agent and book all the elements of a vacation online. They can arrange for their bills to be paid automatically while they are gone. They can put a hold on mail delivery, find directions to tourist attractions and get a long-term weather forecast before they pack.
For many years San Diego county had evaded cases of West Nile virus. Other counties near San Diego have suffered from the virus but thankfully San Diego had not seen any citizens affected. That is until recently that 15 different cases of the virus have been known to happened in the San Diego area. Of the 15 patients six were bitten by infected mosquitoes in this county the others were bitten outside of the San Diego area. Since the cases have been reported officials have been voicing to raise awareness of the situation. officials plot to keep the citizens safe. They have addressed the public and asked them to clear stagnant pools that have been known to be breeding spots for mosquitoes. They have also asked for the removal of plant saucers, watering cans and buckets, anything that could hold water. The restrictions might seem harsh but they are necessary to keep the disease away from the people. Awareness is a key factor in keeping the citizens healthy.
Injection Rooms for addicts eyed in San Fransisco.
San Fransisco has opened a medical center where addicts can legally inject drugs into themselves with medical supervision. It says that the addicts are to do their drug, sit in the chill out room and drink coffee. The business isn't made for supporting drug use, but to prevent people from catching diseases by sharing needles, and overdosing. San Fransisco, San Diego, and many other large cities in the U.S. have a clean-needle program. San Diego lost their program due to losing political support. Other countries also provide this type of program to their people. But the question is, "How is this going to prevent more drug use?" It sounds as though they are supporting drug use.
I don't like the fact that they've created a place where drug users can legally do their drugs without having to do some type of rehab. If they are providing a place for them to do drugs, they should also support how to help them stop.
In the first article titled New spying bill in senate faulty to Democrats I learned about a bill that was rejected by the democrats. The bill requires a special surveillance court to could be subject to warrant-less surveillance and makes an emergency law have more restrictions. It would also give immunity to the 40 cases that are pending because of the bush warrant-less surveillance program. The democrats are against this measure because it of the fact that it would give immunity. Because of this presidential candidate Chris Dodd announced that he intends to put a hold on the bill to specifically stop the immunity part. The Democrats will try to pass a bill without the immunity part. The reason for the immunity part of the bill is because President bush feels that the companies that gave the information and wire tapping should not be punished for having good faith in their country, and hopes that it will not deter companies from helping the government because of fears of lawsuits.
After reading this article I can see why the parties are so necessary. I do believe that these companies should not receive immunities because there should be a fear of lawsuits that will prompt our government to act faster, I think that this bill would have been passed much earlier if the companies didn’t do for fear of lawsuits.
The article I read about today was about the San Diego county remittances to Mexico hit $1.1 billion. The workers from San Diego county sent to Mexico ballooned reaching $1.1 billion last year from $800 million in 2004. The state thinks that the money was sent to help the relatives. San Diego’s economy is estimated at $120 billion and Mexico’s at $840 billion. The bulk of the $24.2 billion in remittances sent to Mexico last year came from the United States. Roughly $13 billion came from California. Migrants worldwide sent more than $300 billion to their home countries last year. India took in more remittance money last year than any other nation, $24.5 billion, with Mexico a close second.
Reflection
I think that this article was rather interesting. The article I read yesterday was kind of the same thing but not exactly they are the same subjects. I find it very interesting to know that people from my culture are very hard workers and they try to help their families out by sending them money to their country.
Fact
An important fact that I read was that Latin America reflect the dependence in the United States on foreign laborers.
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