www.g2weather.com

www.people-press.org

All across America less and less people are still believing in the global warming theory. Percentages are declining at a rapid pace. This information is valuable because if people do not feel that there is an actual issue with global warming, then they will no longer try to do things to save the earth.

Pew internet civic engagement

Information taken from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/15--The-Internet-and-Civic-Engagement.aspx?r=1

• Whether they take place on the internet or off, traditional political activities remain the domain of those with high levels of income and education.
• There are hints that forms of civic engagement anchored in blogs and social networking sites could alter long-standing patterns that are based on socio-economic status.
• Those who use blogs and social networking sites as an outlet for civic engagement are far more active in traditional realms of political and nonpolitical participation than are other internet users. In addition, they are even more active than those who do not use the internet at all.
• The internet is now part of the fabric of everyday civic life. Half of those who are involved in a political or community group communicate with other group members using digital tools such as email or group websites.
• Those who make political donations are more likely to use the internet to make their contributions than are those who make charitable donations; however, large political donations are much less likely to be made online than are large charitable donations.

President Obama, speaking Friday, said the award was "an affirmation of American leadership."

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The committee said it honored Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

Obama said he viewed the

President Barack Obama was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize today (10/9/09) was it was a surprise and possibly a shock to people all over the world. He is only 1 of few presidents to receive the award. The Norwegian Nobel Committee felt that he stands for a positive process. Though some may have a problem with him winning the award, others are very proud of the President and happy for his great accomplishment.

politics1.com finds

The Scoop (MSNBC): is a link that shows different news topics of outrageous news going on currently in the world. One that i found interesting was a video news clip of a man who broke into a house and showered, cooked and hung out in the house and it was all caught on tape.

National Enquirer: shows "breaking news" on celebrities, gossip, etc.

Law.com (Legal): posts all things dealing with the legal world

Degrees of Access (May 2008 data)

The chart breaks down race, age, education, and other forms of differences in people to show viewers the difference there is with the groups and internet use. More adults currently use cell phones than those who go online by only 5% of a difference. 73% to 78%

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Degrees of Access (May 2008 data)

View more presentations from Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center.

Pew internet usage: women and men

info provided by pewinternet.org:

-The percentage of women using the internet still lags slightly behind the percentage of men. Women under 30 and black women outpace their male peers. However, older women trail dramatically behind older men.

-Men are more avid consumers than women of online information. Men look for information on a wider variety of topics and issues than women do.

-Compared with men, online women are more likely to use the internet to: send and receive email, get maps and directions, look for health and medical information, use web sites to get support for health or personal problems, and get religious information.

-Men and women use the internet similarly for the many of the most standard kinds of transactions, from purchasing products to doing travel arrangements to banking.

-Men and women both use search engines heavily. 90% of online men and 91% of online women use search engines; 43% of those men and 39% of those women use them on an average day.

-Men are more likely than women to try new gadgets and applications and software.

BnB sites

Bridging sites:

-youtube.com: different people all over the world share videos about a variety of different things

-myspace.com: people from all over create their own pages to connect with and meet new people from all over.

-chat.yahoo.com: a chat site that people go to, to talk with and meet new people. Site contains a variety of topics people can chat about.

Bonding sites:

-helmethairblog.com: a website with blogs that only deal with talk about motorcycles

-strictlyfitteds.com: only deals with talking bout, selling, and topics dealing with fitted caps

-sneakers-websites.com: news, reviews, pics, and chat only about sneakers.