Tutorial task week 9

-This is the e-petition that I signed. I signed it because I love animals, and I don't want them to be hurt, even though they're dingoes.

- I responded to Blitzer's blog: Clinton on economy, GOP candidates on CNN.com. http://situationroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/20/blitzers-blog-clinton-on-economy-gop-candidates/?hpt=sr_mid, viewed 20 September 2011.

- Barack Obama is delivering a statement announcing his Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Source:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/19/president-obama-washington-has-live-within-its-means, viewed 20 September 2011.
I chose to reach Barack Obama through his twitter account.

- Clean Feed:
The Australian government wants to make the internet a safer place. They made a promise called Cyber-Safety, known as Clean Feed, that is a national internet filter. They legally mandate Internet Service Providers such as Optus, Telstra and iiNet to implement technical means to filter out certain websites. They will focus on sites containing images of child abuse, and especially child pornography.

I found this in a text file while searching for clean feed australia on google.






- My belief is that you should have as little censorship as possible in a democracy. I've been raised to make up my own opinons and to hear all sides of a story before I make up my mind. Censorship can put a stop to the freedom of speech. In a democracy the public sphere is extremly important, and everyone should be heard without any limits. With that said, I also believe that it's imporant to censor the statements and content that crosses certain lines. I don't think you should hurt someones reputation if you don't have any particulary good reasons for it. You should treat everyone with equal respect and not say anything that defames anyone. The censorship in a democracy should almost be non-existent, so as many as possible can speak and be heard in the public sphere.

- The NBN will reach my place in the second release.

I found these benefits on the NBN site:
Better business solutions
Transforming the way Australians can do business by: • Increasing productivity and reducing the time wasted
waiting for information to be downloaded.
• Providing better workplace flexibility – greater opportunity to work from home with fast, efficient access to information.
• Opening new and distant markets through high-speed interaction with customers.
• Lowering work expenses – instead of work-related travel, broadband offers reliable, real-time alternatives, such as web-conferencing.
• Offering superfast access to market information. From financial markets to agribusiness, the network will allow you to access superfast information to enhance your business performance.
A better education for a brighter future
Helping Australia be a global leader in 21st century educational innovation by:
• Improving the ability of our schools to access information, collaborate and communicate with each other.
• Supporting new learning and teaching practices, such as virtual classrooms, video and audio streaming and high definition video conferencing.
• Preparing students for future education, training and life in an increasingly digital world.
• Providing teachers, parents and schools with rapid access to data.
improved medical technology
Assisting the medical community in a variety of ways by:
• Narrowing the medical gap between urban and rural
Australians and expanding access to care through the use of telemedicine for clinical care programs.
• Improving the quality of care for Australians by linking patients and practitioners to top specialists through real-time internet consultations.
• Bringing more care into the home through remote monitoring.
• Addressing current health shortages through internet- based care that connects doctors to communities where medical resources are in short supply.

Endless entertainment
Allowing you to watch, listen to or play what you want, when you want. Download an album in seconds and a movie in minutes. Spend less time waiting and more time enjoying.
The NBN aims to enable speeds of up to 100 Megabits per second to 90 per cent of Australian premises and up to 12 Megabits per second to the remaining 10 per cent. These speeds are of course dependent on factors such as the retail package you choose from your retail service provider and your chosen hardware and premises connection.
Source:
http://www.nbnco.com.au/our-network/maps.html, viewed 19 September 2011.

Then go to this link to se the benefits:

- Since I'm not from Australia I don't know anything about Australian politics or who's representing which part of an area. I'm from Norway and there we have something called "kommunevalg" where we choose our local representatives that decides everything within a certain area. My area is called Frogn and the local representative is Rita Hirsum Lystad. The federal representative is Jens Stoltenberg, our primeminister. They are both from the same party, but that is just an coincidence.

- I live in Surfers Paradise and the local representative in the Queensland Parliament is John-Paul Langbroek.The last time he spoke in the parliament was Thursday, 8 September 2011.
I figured that out by searching for Langbroek + parliament here:

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/global/search/, viewed 19 September 2011.

- I sent Langbroek an e-mail.

I chose to not say anything about the actual content since I don't know any background information, and can't really say my opinion about anything. But I though I would give him an encouraging mail to make him happy. He seemed like a good politican and I wanted to give him my support.

I found his e-mail here:

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/bio?member=Langbroek+John-Paul