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Thomas Cook

PEW Internet's Research on Cell Phone Use - 0 views

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    AP and PEW discuss how Americans feel about using their cell phones during various events, including driving to school, work, etc. The article goes deep into the personal feelings of each person on cell phone use.
Thomas Cook

Texting laws - 0 views

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    The Governors Highway Safety Association outline the laws about cell phone use while driving. Laws include both texting and talking on the cell phone. Sept. 2011
Thomas Cook

Renting_with_a_Pet.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    The website discusses the rights of pet-owners to secure rental housing. It speaks of ways in which pet owners may help themselves when obtaining housing. For example, they may obtain a letter from their former landlord stating that there were no problems with the pet.
Thomas Cook

Does having to be 21 in order to drink break freedom rights? - 0 views

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    This site speaks about the reasons for lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18. It points out that 18-year-olds are able to fight and die for their country, but considered too young to have a beer. The website clearly believes that the law should be changed.
Thomas Cook

Physician-Assisted Suicide - 1 views

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    Legislation concerning doctor-assisted suicide is explored in this site. Several states are currently considering new legislation on this matter, including Maine, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Iowa and New Hampshire. This issue is deeply divisive, and this website explores these divisions.
Thomas Cook

US Supreme Court; Assisted Suicide - 1 views

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    The legal aspects of assisted suicide are covered in this website. It shows how fractured the court is on the subject. It speaks of the two federal courts who struck down laws against assisted suicide, and how the Supreme Court overturned these laws.
Thomas Cook

Assisted Suicide: A Right or a Wrong? - 1 views

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    The issue of whether or not patients have a right to die is explored, as well as whether or not those who help such people should be considered murderers. It gives anecdotes about family members who could not bear to see their loved ones suffer, and offers opinions on both sides of the issue.
Thomas Cook

Physician-Assisted Suicide - Introduction - 1 views

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    This website discusses the issue of physician-assisted suicide. It explores the ethics of such an act, as well as the proliferation of such requests. It offers the opinion that doctors must respect the patient's wishes not to endure life-prolonging treatments that do little to help the patient's quality of life. However, it does not advocate nor denigrate assisted suicide.
Thomas Cook

The Prevalence of Cell Phone Use while Driving in Alberta (Abu Sadat Nurullah) - Academ... - 0 views

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    This site gives a good overview of cell phone use by Canadian drivers. 66% of Canadian drivers believe that using a cell phone while driving is a very serious safety issue. In Canada, Alberta has the highest rate of cell phone use, while Nova Scotia has the lowest, according to statistics published in 2008.
Thomas Cook

National (US) Poll * November 18, 2010 * American Voters Say Ban Cell P - Quinnipiac Un... - 0 views

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    This site shows that the majority of Americans support a ban on cell phone use while driving, even when the driver is using a hands-free cell phone. According to a poll released in 2010, proponents for such a law outnumber opponents by a margin of 63-34.
Thomas Cook

cellphones.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    The article on this site seems to suggest that cell phone use while driving does not substantially impair drivers. It advises against legislation to ban cell phones while driving. The article states that there simply isn't enough data yet to prove that cell phone use causes accidents.
Thomas Cook

Drivers on Cell Phones Are as Bad as Drunks - University of Utah News Release: June 29t... - 0 views

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    This site discusses the fact that people who speak on cell phones, even those that are hands-free, are still as impaired while driving as those who have a blood alcohol level of .08, the legal limit for drunkenness. It shows that those who talk while driving may be just as responsible for putting lives at risk as those who drive drunk.
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