09/23/13 - 09/27/09 Bellringers

09/23/13

I got to go to Church on Sunday, that's always fun.

My weekend was the same as most of my other weekends.

Is that a bad thing?




One minute is an incredibly long time.
I think you should actually just give us a minute to write an answer.







Question 2: Where did I see good design over the weekend?

South Chapel has really nice design, if you must know.



Yeah.
The design is really nice.
So.
So it's good design.


09/24/13

Okay.

So today I read http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/09/24/2003572883/1.

Basically it reports about a writer for a newspaper whose paper wasn't published on the seventeenth. The article he wrote was about Wang Jin-pyng (I believe), who he says is being scapegoated for the Ma administration's incompetence. Wang Jin-pyng was formally KMT until recently when Ma Ying-jeou, being Chairman, removed that status. Not having a political party removed his ability to be a lawmaker so Wang is now no longer a lawmaker. The trial involved accusations that Wang had accepted I think it was a $200,000 USD bribe from DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) to act in their favor (this being based on Wang' opposition to the FTA).

The article says Ma has brought a period of soft-"White Terror."

9/25/13

I read about two things.

The first was a free dog-sitting app. Anybody can register to become a dog-sitter; the app facilitates this so that people can go on their app to find local dog-sitters. The average rate for a dog-sitter is 40% less than that of a typical dog kennel.

also

I read about a possibly new mud island caused by earthquakes or landslides in Pakistan.

Locals say that it is actually not new, that it surfaced before and then sank again in a year.


09/26/13

http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?v=NdZiBzR4Ei8

09/27/13

• In 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 3,267 in 2010. An additional, 387,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 416,000 injured in 2010.
• 10% of injury crashes in 2011 were reported as distraction-affected crashes.
• As of December 2012, 171.3 billion text messages were sent in the US (includes PR, the Territories, and Guam) every month.(CTIA)
• 11% of all drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crash. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted.
• For drivers 15-19 years old involved in fatal crashes, 21 percent of the distracted drivers were distracted by the use of cell phones (NHTSA)
• At any given daylight moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since 2010. (NOPUS)

The sources get even less reliable so I omitted those.

Maaaaaan.

Look at all those government references.

Let me tell you something about life.

If it comes from Obama, it's crap.