1)
In 2006 there were four hate crimes reported in Pullman, WA. In 2007 there were zero hate crimes reported in Pullman, WA. In 2008 there were no listings for Washington State University or for Pullman WA.
2)
a: Nealey, Terry R received the most donations. The amount in donations was $182,246.
b: The first company is Avista Corp with $1,600 and the second company is Wal-Mart with $1,600.
c: Donations to Republicans was the political party that received the highest amount from Forestry and Forest products.
d: Donations to Democratic was the political party that received the highest amount from Lobbyists and Public.
3)
Virtual Reality: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=y6ofAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Virtual+Reality%22
Portable Personal Computer: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=nC0oAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Portable+Personal+Computer%22
Automobile: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=E9lrAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Automobile%22
Cordless telephone handset: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=UNMoAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Cordless+telephone+handset%22
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Frontline
After watching the Frontline it was ridiculous to see what they were saying about how the news is reported. They did a segment on the Daily Show and how it was intended to be a show that made fun of the news but ended up being a show that got many viewers. The producer of the show said it was sad that Americans thought of this show as an actual news program, that was not what it was meant for. The show was meant to be funny and it ended up being something that people watched instead of actual news.
I do watch this show because it is funny. For me it is more enjoyable to watch the Daily Show instead of actual news because it does make fun of it but you are still get the news stories but just in a different light. This also makes me think of SNL and the Weekend Update. I watch that just to see what is going on in news because I do not like to watch it on TV. SNL also gives news stories that were on that week but they make fun of it too.
The part about the blogging and how that became such a huge thing did not surprise me. The girl that ran that show became huge with just her desk and background of a map. They were using home-made things to produce this blog and it became such a success that she got her own spot on a show. If someone can go out and make a homemade news blog and get viewers like that then think what anyone can post blogs about. Its like the guy that goes around making up fake news stories and how much coverage he got with that. It just shows how much ridiculous news is made and how much gets coverage.
They did a really good job overall with the Murrow aspect of news reporting and showing the different angels that the public sees news as. I enjoyed watching the Frontline episode and seeing what they say about America and there views on the news.
I do watch this show because it is funny. For me it is more enjoyable to watch the Daily Show instead of actual news because it does make fun of it but you are still get the news stories but just in a different light. This also makes me think of SNL and the Weekend Update. I watch that just to see what is going on in news because I do not like to watch it on TV. SNL also gives news stories that were on that week but they make fun of it too.
The part about the blogging and how that became such a huge thing did not surprise me. The girl that ran that show became huge with just her desk and background of a map. They were using home-made things to produce this blog and it became such a success that she got her own spot on a show. If someone can go out and make a homemade news blog and get viewers like that then think what anyone can post blogs about. Its like the guy that goes around making up fake news stories and how much coverage he got with that. It just shows how much ridiculous news is made and how much gets coverage.
They did a really good job overall with the Murrow aspect of news reporting and showing the different angels that the public sees news as. I enjoyed watching the Frontline episode and seeing what they say about America and there views on the news.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Farewell to Chief Weatherly
“The day my car broke down, was the day I knew I wanted to be in the police force,” William T. (Ted) Weatherly, Jr. the Chief of Pullman Police said. Weatherly has given his heart and soul to the city of Pullman for 31 years. The end of June he will bid his goodbyes to the beloved Pullman Police Department.
Weatherly was a Texas born man. He grew up there before joining the Marine Corps when he was 18 years old. Weatherly said that he always saw himself doing something bigger and better than going right off to college. Weatherly was released from the Marine Corps January 6 1964. He received his bachelor’s degree from California State University and his master’s from University of Southern California in criminal behavior.
The day that decided his future started off like any other day recalls Weatherly. He was trying to make a decision of continuing with the Marine Corps or heading a different direction. Weatherly driving through Los Angeles had a sudden car malfunction and ended up breaking down in the middle of a Los Angeles road. An off duty Los Angeles police stopped and assisted Weatherly with his car. In the midst of the roadside confusion, the police offered Weatherly a ride and some dinner. “That was the first police that showed me his passionate side of his work,” Weatherly said. After that encounter Weatherly said that his mind was made up. “I took the test and was offered a job on the spot in the Santa Ana California Police force,” Weatherly said.
“Santa Ana is known for its gang rate being high and drive-by shootings daily,” Weatherly said. “You could wonder why someone would want to put themselves through this just for a job.” That is exactly what Weatherly did every day for his passion of being a police. He never wanted to settle for anything less than great in his job field. Weatherly wanted to advance from being a Junior Lieutenant at Santa Ana to Captain. He had tested for Captain there and was given a no in return. Weatherly soon realized that if he wanted to succeed, he could not stay in California. “There was no advancement for me there and my family and I needed a change,” Weatherly said.
Weatherly and his wife decided to start looking for a new place to call home. They had narrowed their search down to five cities; Auburn, Olympia, Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston and Pullman. “We liked the fact that the northwest had four seasons,” Weatherly said. He said for how much they enjoyed the sun; it would be nice to see the other parts of the weather. They were looking for a town that they could call home and continue raising their children at. After looking at the community and the sensing the good atmosphere, the city of Pullman won hands down. “I couldn’t ask for a better community to live in,” Weatherly said. Weatherly and his family moved to Pullman, WA in 1979.
“When I came to Pullman they were in high demand for police,” Weatherly said. “Washington State was just getting their title as a ‘party school’.” He liked the challenge of living in a college-based town. He said the town wasn’t bad; it was the mixture of youth and alcohol that became the disturbance. “I wanted to educate young people about their life from home and about dealing with alcohol abuse,” Weatherly said. “My goal moving here was to turn the party school image of WSU into a perspective university.” His passion and dedication for this town is what drives the police force in their effortless work to keep Pullman safe.
After reminiscing when he first arrived in Pullman, Weatherly suddenly gets a very warm smile. He asks if he could share a little something extra about Pullman that not many college students would know or appreciate. He brings up a slide show of Pullman in the 1980’s. Weatherly isn’t just passionate about being the Chief, he is passionate about the history of Pullman. He shares where the first Police Department was located and how different the town looked thirty years ago. Weatherly said, “The exact day that I declared the new Police Station in Pullman was April 26th 1986.”
Weatherly was not just a cop when he was on duty, he was an educator. Washington State University student Sarah Bridges realized this early on in her education. “I was driving pretty fast down stadium way last year when I got pulled over,” Bridges said. “You here about all the bad stories with the Pullman police and how the only thing they want to do is pull over any kid they want. I was prepared when the cop walked up to my window and asked for my papers but I got a huge shock when after handing them to him I received a lecture,” Bridges said. “The cop lectured me about the dangers of speeding and why I should take precaution. I never thought twice before about speeding, especially in Pullman.” “I didn’t notice until later that I actually got pulled over by the Chief of Police,” Bridges said. Weatherly doesn’t do his job because he has to or because he wants to pull people over, he does it to make Pullman a better place.
It is not 1986 anymore and the Chief of Police is no longer in his 40’s as when he arrived in Pullman. Weatherly will be turning 70 this year, and he said “I do not want to be 70 and still a cop, I want to relax and spend the rest of my years with my wife.” Weatherly will be retiring in the end of June and stepping down from the Police force. Weatherly said, “June is a good month to retire; it’s the quietest time of summer and it lets my successor get the feel of the town before school starts back up.”
Weatherly has a to-do list of what he would like to accomplish once he is retired. He doesn’t plan on sitting around all day and watching Jeopardy. Weatherly said, “I have been taking piano lessons for the past couple years and want to continue learning new music and studying the history and art of other types of music as well.” He has also taken up learning French as a second language at WSU and would like to study other languages like Latin and Spanish as well. Weatherly and his wife want to plan a yearly trip. “We want one big extravagant vacation every year that is just ours,” Weatherly said. He said that the first trip won’t start until next year and they are hoping that it will be a Mediterranean cruise.
Weatherly said that he is not sad about retiring at the end of June. He doesn’t have a single regret in his pass that led him to becoming Chief of Police for Pullman. Weatherly said he will continue living in Pullman with his wife and will enjoy his retirement every day to its fullest. Weatherly said, “I am excited to see Pullman continue to thrive and grow for the next thirty years.”
Weatherly was a Texas born man. He grew up there before joining the Marine Corps when he was 18 years old. Weatherly said that he always saw himself doing something bigger and better than going right off to college. Weatherly was released from the Marine Corps January 6 1964. He received his bachelor’s degree from California State University and his master’s from University of Southern California in criminal behavior.
The day that decided his future started off like any other day recalls Weatherly. He was trying to make a decision of continuing with the Marine Corps or heading a different direction. Weatherly driving through Los Angeles had a sudden car malfunction and ended up breaking down in the middle of a Los Angeles road. An off duty Los Angeles police stopped and assisted Weatherly with his car. In the midst of the roadside confusion, the police offered Weatherly a ride and some dinner. “That was the first police that showed me his passionate side of his work,” Weatherly said. After that encounter Weatherly said that his mind was made up. “I took the test and was offered a job on the spot in the Santa Ana California Police force,” Weatherly said.
“Santa Ana is known for its gang rate being high and drive-by shootings daily,” Weatherly said. “You could wonder why someone would want to put themselves through this just for a job.” That is exactly what Weatherly did every day for his passion of being a police. He never wanted to settle for anything less than great in his job field. Weatherly wanted to advance from being a Junior Lieutenant at Santa Ana to Captain. He had tested for Captain there and was given a no in return. Weatherly soon realized that if he wanted to succeed, he could not stay in California. “There was no advancement for me there and my family and I needed a change,” Weatherly said.
Weatherly and his wife decided to start looking for a new place to call home. They had narrowed their search down to five cities; Auburn, Olympia, Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston and Pullman. “We liked the fact that the northwest had four seasons,” Weatherly said. He said for how much they enjoyed the sun; it would be nice to see the other parts of the weather. They were looking for a town that they could call home and continue raising their children at. After looking at the community and the sensing the good atmosphere, the city of Pullman won hands down. “I couldn’t ask for a better community to live in,” Weatherly said. Weatherly and his family moved to Pullman, WA in 1979.
“When I came to Pullman they were in high demand for police,” Weatherly said. “Washington State was just getting their title as a ‘party school’.” He liked the challenge of living in a college-based town. He said the town wasn’t bad; it was the mixture of youth and alcohol that became the disturbance. “I wanted to educate young people about their life from home and about dealing with alcohol abuse,” Weatherly said. “My goal moving here was to turn the party school image of WSU into a perspective university.” His passion and dedication for this town is what drives the police force in their effortless work to keep Pullman safe.
After reminiscing when he first arrived in Pullman, Weatherly suddenly gets a very warm smile. He asks if he could share a little something extra about Pullman that not many college students would know or appreciate. He brings up a slide show of Pullman in the 1980’s. Weatherly isn’t just passionate about being the Chief, he is passionate about the history of Pullman. He shares where the first Police Department was located and how different the town looked thirty years ago. Weatherly said, “The exact day that I declared the new Police Station in Pullman was April 26th 1986.”
Weatherly was not just a cop when he was on duty, he was an educator. Washington State University student Sarah Bridges realized this early on in her education. “I was driving pretty fast down stadium way last year when I got pulled over,” Bridges said. “You here about all the bad stories with the Pullman police and how the only thing they want to do is pull over any kid they want. I was prepared when the cop walked up to my window and asked for my papers but I got a huge shock when after handing them to him I received a lecture,” Bridges said. “The cop lectured me about the dangers of speeding and why I should take precaution. I never thought twice before about speeding, especially in Pullman.” “I didn’t notice until later that I actually got pulled over by the Chief of Police,” Bridges said. Weatherly doesn’t do his job because he has to or because he wants to pull people over, he does it to make Pullman a better place.
It is not 1986 anymore and the Chief of Police is no longer in his 40’s as when he arrived in Pullman. Weatherly will be turning 70 this year, and he said “I do not want to be 70 and still a cop, I want to relax and spend the rest of my years with my wife.” Weatherly will be retiring in the end of June and stepping down from the Police force. Weatherly said, “June is a good month to retire; it’s the quietest time of summer and it lets my successor get the feel of the town before school starts back up.”
Weatherly has a to-do list of what he would like to accomplish once he is retired. He doesn’t plan on sitting around all day and watching Jeopardy. Weatherly said, “I have been taking piano lessons for the past couple years and want to continue learning new music and studying the history and art of other types of music as well.” He has also taken up learning French as a second language at WSU and would like to study other languages like Latin and Spanish as well. Weatherly and his wife want to plan a yearly trip. “We want one big extravagant vacation every year that is just ours,” Weatherly said. He said that the first trip won’t start until next year and they are hoping that it will be a Mediterranean cruise.
Weatherly said that he is not sad about retiring at the end of June. He doesn’t have a single regret in his pass that led him to becoming Chief of Police for Pullman. Weatherly said he will continue living in Pullman with his wife and will enjoy his retirement every day to its fullest. Weatherly said, “I am excited to see Pullman continue to thrive and grow for the next thirty years.”
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Media Hype
1) I do not think it is ever ethical to alter a photograph or video that accompanies your news reporting. The story about the student being placed in the photograph to make it look more ethnic was ridiculous. It is almost like well duh do they not think that they will not be caught and someone will say hey I was never there. There is a dove commercial that I think about with this and how they distorted the model so much that it didn’t even look like her when it came time for the billboard. The fact that things go on like this is appalling.
2) The news media should not adjust their news reporting for a hype story. The shark attack story, “summer of the sharks” was insane for how much coverage that got. The fact that 20/20 said that summer wasn’t even the worse they have seen was crazy. I was scared that year to go swimming in the ocean and I was not even in the same ocean that the shark attacks where at. I was in Mexico and I was scared, it is sad now that the media hype of that story affected me so much and I was not even near the attacks. They then continued to say that previous years have been much worse but bigger news issues beat of them for coverage.
3) I am not a hundred percent sure what exactly this is saying about journalist excepting junkets from PR firms but it does not sound like something that Edward Murrow would approve of in his journalist standards. I have heard of the word junkets and I thought that was what they do when a big movie is coming out and they have a junket for it promoting it. I think that accepting anything like the name freebies is never a good thing. Nothing is ever free; something always comes with a price.
4) I think that the Fat Squad fooled everyone because we are so gullible to what we hear or read. We will believe anything that we hear without asking ourselves first if it is even remotely true. I think that the media wanted to believe stories like this ridiculous because they had something to occupy their time that week. The media was slow with stories and this seemed like some miracle thing going on. These weird people going around stalking people and telling them not to eat. It is almost laughable that they did believe any of the nonsense that this group did. I think that the internet news media is more likely to fall for pranks because the internet can be updated within seconds, while television can only have so many breaking news stories before people start to change the channel. With the internet people are logging on constantly to check facebook, twitter or email and any of those ways news can reach millions of people faster than television sometimes.
2) The news media should not adjust their news reporting for a hype story. The shark attack story, “summer of the sharks” was insane for how much coverage that got. The fact that 20/20 said that summer wasn’t even the worse they have seen was crazy. I was scared that year to go swimming in the ocean and I was not even in the same ocean that the shark attacks where at. I was in Mexico and I was scared, it is sad now that the media hype of that story affected me so much and I was not even near the attacks. They then continued to say that previous years have been much worse but bigger news issues beat of them for coverage.
3) I am not a hundred percent sure what exactly this is saying about journalist excepting junkets from PR firms but it does not sound like something that Edward Murrow would approve of in his journalist standards. I have heard of the word junkets and I thought that was what they do when a big movie is coming out and they have a junket for it promoting it. I think that accepting anything like the name freebies is never a good thing. Nothing is ever free; something always comes with a price.
4) I think that the Fat Squad fooled everyone because we are so gullible to what we hear or read. We will believe anything that we hear without asking ourselves first if it is even remotely true. I think that the media wanted to believe stories like this ridiculous because they had something to occupy their time that week. The media was slow with stories and this seemed like some miracle thing going on. These weird people going around stalking people and telling them not to eat. It is almost laughable that they did believe any of the nonsense that this group did. I think that the internet news media is more likely to fall for pranks because the internet can be updated within seconds, while television can only have so many breaking news stories before people start to change the channel. With the internet people are logging on constantly to check facebook, twitter or email and any of those ways news can reach millions of people faster than television sometimes.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Pet Adoption, a Lifetime Commitment
Ever thought about saving a life? Are you interested in a long-term commitment? These two questions should be considered when adopting a rescue animal.
The thought of adopting an animal could come from a heart-warming television commercial or from an advertisement on the internet showing homeless pets. Either attraction is an attention getter for anyone who is a devoted animal lover.
For Washington State University student, Danielle Phelps she thought of adopting a puppy through animalshelter.org. Animalshelter.org is in association with the Northern Idaho Animal Rescue (N.I.A.R.) in Lewiston, Idaho.
Phelps went online to their website and searched through the different dog breeds to find the one she wanted. Phelps then contacted N.I.A.R through email on the puppy she was interested in. This was the easy part of the process.
“There were a million and one questions that I needed to answer, who knew adopting a puppy would be this ridiculous,” Phelps replied to the application that was sent to her by N.I.A.R. Phelps described the process as adopting a child instead of trying to adopt a puppy.
The questionnaire portion of the application was the tedious part. N.I.A.R was concerned about one thing, and that was making sure that their animals were going into the perfect home, described Phelps.
Some of the key facts that N.I.A.R wanted to know, Phelps describes is if there will be a fenced in yard, training for the animal, other pets in the household or children and the most important question they were concerned with was whether or not the animal will be fixed.
Foster parent for the Seattle Animal Shelter, Madeline McCarthy said that these long adoption processes are not uncommon. McCarthy said it is standard protocol for each family to go through an interview process in order to adopt a pet.
“My job as a foster parent is to raise the kittens that have been left behind and care for them until I find a proper home,” said McCarthy. “Seattle Animal Shelter does it this way so no animal has to grow up in a cage.” McCarthy’s specialty is caring for cats.
McCarthy conducts the interview process the same way as Phelps received the application questionnaire. McCarthy said she asks the same million questions about the interviewee’s lives.
McCarthy uses tactics while interviewing families. While she is asking the questions she waits to see how long the response takes and what their facial expressions may be. “This shows whether or not they are lying to us by how long it takes them to answer a question,” McCarthy said. “We can tell when someone is trying to paint a perfect picture for us and when someone is trying to tell the actual truth.”
McCarthy and the Seattle Animal Shelter know that families will do anything for a pet, and some even going as far as lying about their living conditions. The interview process they hope will help weed out the good from the bad with families. McCarthy said they know they can’t find out about each of their families lives but they do their best in trying to ensure their pets are being put to a safe home.
The process for adopting a rescue animal is tedious but the reward is greater in itself. Phelps can only describe the feeling of getting your new pet for the first time as receiving this huge gift that you know will change your life.
The thought of adopting an animal could come from a heart-warming television commercial or from an advertisement on the internet showing homeless pets. Either attraction is an attention getter for anyone who is a devoted animal lover.
For Washington State University student, Danielle Phelps she thought of adopting a puppy through animalshelter.org. Animalshelter.org is in association with the Northern Idaho Animal Rescue (N.I.A.R.) in Lewiston, Idaho.
Phelps went online to their website and searched through the different dog breeds to find the one she wanted. Phelps then contacted N.I.A.R through email on the puppy she was interested in. This was the easy part of the process.
“There were a million and one questions that I needed to answer, who knew adopting a puppy would be this ridiculous,” Phelps replied to the application that was sent to her by N.I.A.R. Phelps described the process as adopting a child instead of trying to adopt a puppy.
The questionnaire portion of the application was the tedious part. N.I.A.R was concerned about one thing, and that was making sure that their animals were going into the perfect home, described Phelps.
Some of the key facts that N.I.A.R wanted to know, Phelps describes is if there will be a fenced in yard, training for the animal, other pets in the household or children and the most important question they were concerned with was whether or not the animal will be fixed.
Foster parent for the Seattle Animal Shelter, Madeline McCarthy said that these long adoption processes are not uncommon. McCarthy said it is standard protocol for each family to go through an interview process in order to adopt a pet.
“My job as a foster parent is to raise the kittens that have been left behind and care for them until I find a proper home,” said McCarthy. “Seattle Animal Shelter does it this way so no animal has to grow up in a cage.” McCarthy’s specialty is caring for cats.
McCarthy conducts the interview process the same way as Phelps received the application questionnaire. McCarthy said she asks the same million questions about the interviewee’s lives.
McCarthy uses tactics while interviewing families. While she is asking the questions she waits to see how long the response takes and what their facial expressions may be. “This shows whether or not they are lying to us by how long it takes them to answer a question,” McCarthy said. “We can tell when someone is trying to paint a perfect picture for us and when someone is trying to tell the actual truth.”
McCarthy and the Seattle Animal Shelter know that families will do anything for a pet, and some even going as far as lying about their living conditions. The interview process they hope will help weed out the good from the bad with families. McCarthy said they know they can’t find out about each of their families lives but they do their best in trying to ensure their pets are being put to a safe home.
The process for adopting a rescue animal is tedious but the reward is greater in itself. Phelps can only describe the feeling of getting your new pet for the first time as receiving this huge gift that you know will change your life.
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