According to Pew Internet here are some observations about teens and driving distractions

*overall, 34% of teen texters ages 16-17 say they have texted while driving. That translates into 26% of all American teens ages 16-17.

---One high School student said this “I think texting's fine…And I wear sunglasses so the cops don’t see my eyes looking down.”

*At the same time, texting at the wheel is less common than having a conversation on the phone while driving. Looking at teens ages 16-17 who have a cell phone, 52% say they have talked on a cell phone while driving. That translates into 43% of all American teens ages 16-17.

*Fully 73% of texting teens ages 16-17 have been in a car when the driver was texting.

According to Pew Internet :The revolutionary file-sharing application created by college student Shawn Fanning officially launched in June of 1999. By November, the file-sharing network had grown so popular that it had attracted the first of many peer-to-peer-focused lawsuits from the RIAA. And by the time the Pew Internet Project fielded its initial survey on music file-sharing in July 2000, nearly one in four adult internet users said they had downloaded music files, and most of them (54%) had used the Napster network to do so.

Sharing music without permission is a violation of copyright, as the industry contends, but digital technology makes downloading music off the Internet inevitable. The industry missed an opportunity to turn informal file-sharing into a profit center when it failed to buy Napster, the first of the popular downloading services, when it had a chance in 2000

the success of the Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails experiments would be the prologue to an industry-wide loosening of the ties around digital distribution. Shortly after the RIAA had announced the end to its litigation against individual file sharers at the end of 2008, iTunes halted the sale of music bundled with “digital rights management” protection.

Alan Khazie

Alan Khazei is a candidate running for U.S Senate. Mr. Khazei joined us here at American International College to talk to students, faculty, etc about health care, he is a democratic candidate,His Parents were a Nurse and a Doctor, and his Co-Chair is Smidy Pignitelli. Mr. Khazei talked about how 30 million people don't have health insurance in America. He is committed to get universal health care , with public options such as cost going down, and creating alternative wellness programs. he has innovative solutions such as reducing obesity and smoking. Mr. Khazei also talked about the race to good health fund which i think is a great idea for people looking to have healthier habits.

For more information on Alan Khazei his website is alanforsenate.com

Teens and Technology

-According to Pew Internet Older teens, aged 15-17, go online more frequently than younger teens. Some 59% of wired teens aged 15-17 go online once a day or more, while 43% of younger teens report going online that frequently.

-Teens with married parents are significantly more likely to go online than teens of single parents. Eighty-nine percent of teens with parents who are married go online compared to 76% of teens with parents who are divorced, separated, widowed, or who have never been married.

- Among whites, 87% of teens say they go online. Similarly, 89% of Hispanic youth in this study say they go online. By comparison, 77% of African-American youth go online.

Generations on the Internet

-Teens and Generation Y (internet users age 18-32) are the most likely groups to use the internet for entertainment and for communicating with friends and family.

-Older generations use the internet less for socializing and entertainment and more as a tool for information searches, emailing, and buying products.

-Generation X (internet users ages 33-44) continues to lead in online shopping and online banking. Fully 80% of Generation X internet users buy products online, compared with 71% of internet users ages 18-32.

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Internet and Civic Engagement

1.According to Pew Internet.com the internet is not changing the socio-economic character of civic engagement in America. Just as in offline civic life, the well-to-do and well-educated are more likely than those less well off to participate in online political activities such as emailing a government official, signing an online petition or making a political contribution.

2.In August 2008 a survey done by Pew Internet found that 33% of internet users had a profile on a social networking site and that 31% of these social network members had engaged in activities with a civic or political focus.

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5.Those who use blogs or social networking sites politically are much more likely to be invested in other forms of civic and political activism. Compared to those who go online but do not post political or social content or to those who do not go online in the first place.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nobel_peace

This link Shares with us that President Barak Obama has won The Nobel Peace Prize.

Many Americans are asking what has President Obama really accomplished? I disagree President Obama has captured the worlds attention and given people hope for the future.

Read this article and give your own opinions of President Obama recieving The Nobel Peace Prize.