Not having your elbows on the table while youre eating. Being polite to people, you know just not being rude. As you can see, most of us know what good manners are. But listen to this when it comes to using digital devices, like cellphones, three out of four people believe good manners today are as out of date as myspace. So, is social media encouraging bad behavior . Daniel post senning is the author of manners in a digital world. Hi. Hi. Its good to be with you. Daniel, were all brought up to believe in having good manners. Has technology changed that . Absolutely not. Good manners are as important today as theyve ever been. Treating people with consideration, with respect, with honesty are really the cores for all good behavior, and those stay the same, no matter what time or age we live in. So, what are some examples of things teens are doing or not doing that would be considered inappropriate . Well, one of the things that i hear the most about is people using their cellphones ina
With those extraordinary explosions in the chinese for city of tianjin. Hinese port city of tianjin among the injured are 12 firefighters. Two blasts happened in warehouse storing chemical goods, causing nearby buildings to collapse. Lets talk to paul james in beijing. You are headin ing to evening there. I assume that will make it harder for those carrying out search and rescue operations. As the evening this ends and the sun goes down, the rescue operations become the suning descends and the goes down, the rescue operations become more difficult. That said, we believe those in the warehouse at the time of the explosion have been accounted for. The initial death toll of 44 appears to be standing pat. Chinese authorities have not been offering additional numbers at this juncture. The difference being that the is not government, a, normally accustomed to getting out a lot of information in large disasters like this and, unfortunately, b, a lot of the people who were admitted to hospital
There is no way a school should operate in a vacuum and not actually be deeply rooted in the broader context that our students live in. I see many examples across the city of where schools are really working much harder to do that. A lot of what i focus on the last four years has been helping both leaders who may not be from here but actually have good intentions figure out ways they can bridge more effectively within their community. Walter you have been a critic a times mr. Perry at times. Walter you always have Something Interesting to say. You are critical of two things. One, the expulsion policy which is if you are in one of these types of schools, you have an incentive to expel the back kids so that your scores go up and you dont the deal with it. And then there was the other criticism. Mr. Perry special needs. The way i explain it is that the development of what we have in new orleans occurs generally in three stages. The immediate aftermath. We were literally pulling schools to
Neighbors or friends or strangers in need, came to help. And people who today still spend their time every day helping others, rolling up their sleeves, doing the hard work of changing this country without the need for credit or glory. Dont get their name in the papers, dont see their day in the sun. They do it because its right. Live the basic values that define this country, a value that we have been reminded of in these past 10 years as we come back from a crisis to change this city had an economic crisis that spread throughout the nation, the basic notion that i am my brothers keeper and my sisters keeper and we look out for each other and we are all in this together. That is the story of new orleans at also the story of america, city that for almost 300 years has been the gateway to american soil. Where the jazz makes you cry, the funerals make you dance [laughter] the volume makes you believe all ayou makeshings b you believe all kinds of things. It has brought together people co
How much of that goes past this room and is penetrated the city, that remains to be seen. St. Bernard parish twice voted down a tax to pay for the Operations Maintenance of the brandnew levee system. If they can do that in st. Bernard parish, and everybody here probably knows every single home in st. Bernard parish was underwater. Everyone of them. If they can do it in st. Bernard, and expect taxpayers around the country or in shreveport come on. St. Bernard had a special problem. Because of the local parish government. Those not from new orleans may not know that the parish president has been indicted on several charges. The whole thing is a mess. They may have just lumped all taxes and government together. It may not reflect their view. I dont know what the future is going to be. Gwen lets talk about opportunity and challenge. Just for fun. I want to start with you benny, talking about what you would identify as the most hopeful things that have happened in the last 10 years in your