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contrast the two presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

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1 2http://nyti.ms/1T55Rwb 3 4Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer 5 6By MATT RICHTEL APRIL 27, 2016 7 8Over the last seven years, most states have banned texting by drivers, and public service campaigns have 9tried an array of tactics — “It can wait,” among them — to persuade people to put down their phones 10when they are behind the wheel. 11 12Yet the problem, by just about any measure, appears to be getting worse. Americans confess in surveys 13that they are still texting while driving, as well as using Facebook and Snapchat and taking selfies. Road 14fatalities, which had fallen for years, are now rising sharply, up roughly 8 percent in 2015 over the 15previous year, according to preliminary estimates. 16 17That is partly because people are driving more, but Mark Rosekind, the chief of the National Highway 18Traffic Safety Administration, said distracted driving was “only increasing, unfortunately.” 19“Radical change requires radical ideas,” he said in a speech last month, referring broadly to the need to 20improve road safety. 21 22So to try to change a distinctly modern behavior, legislators and public health experts are reaching back 23to an old strategy: They want to treat distracted driving like drunken driving. 24 25Harvard’s School of Public Health, for example, is developing a new push based on the effective 26designated driver campaign it orchestrated in the United States beginning in the late 1980s. Candace 27Lightner, the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, has helped found a new group this year, 28Partnership for Distraction-Free Driving, which is circulating a petition to pressure social media 29companies like Facebook and Twitter to discourage multitasking by drivers, in the same way that Ms. 30Lightner pushed beer and liquor companies to discourage drunken driving. 31 32The most provocative idea, from lawmakers in New York, is to give police officers a new device that is the 33digital equivalent of the Breathalyzer — a roadside test called the Textalyzer. 34 35It would work like this: An officer arriving at the scene of a crash could ask for the phones of any drivers 36involved and use the Textalyzer to tap into the operating system to check for recent activity. 37 38The technology could determine whether a driver had used the phone to text, email or do anything else 39that is forbidden under New York’s hands-free driving laws, which prohibit drivers from holding phones 40to their ear. Failure to hand over a phone could lead to the suspension of a driver’s license, similar to the 41consequences for refusing a Breathalyzer. 42 43The proposed legislation faces hurdles to becoming a law, including privacy concerns. But Félix W. Ortiz, 44a Democratic assemblyman who was a sponsor of the bipartisan Textalyzer bill, said it would not give the 45police access to the contents of any emails or texts. It would simply give them a way to catch multitasking 46drivers, he said. 47 48“We need something on the books where people’s behavior can change,” said Mr. Ortiz, who pushed for 49the state’s 2001 ban on hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becomes law, he said, “people 50are going to be more afraid to put their hands on the cellphone.” 51 52If it were to pass in New York, the first state to propose such an idea, it could well spread in the same way 53that the hands-free rules did after New York adopted them. 54 55Ms. Lightner said the intensifying efforts around distracted driving “are the equivalent of the early ’80s” 56

in drunken driving, when pressure led to tougher laws and campaigns emphasizing corporate 57responsibility. 58 59Distracted driving “is not being treated as seriously as drunk driving, and it needs to be,” she said. 60 61“It’s dangerous, devastating, crippling, and it’s a killer, and still socially acceptable,” she added. 62 63The safety administration plans to release the final fatality numbers as early as Thursday but previously 64announced that the numbers appeared to be up sharply. 65 66Jay Winsten, an associate dean and the director of the Center for Health Communication at Harvard’s 67School of Public Health, said, “We’re losing the battle against distracted driving.” 68 69Dr. Winsten is developing a distracted-driving campaign based on designated- driver efforts that were 70ultimately backed by major television networks and promoted by presidents, sports leagues and 71corporations. 72 73He said the new campaign would urge drivers to be more attentive, rather than scold them for 74multitasking, and would encourage parents to set a better example for their children. 75 76The campaign, though still in development, has already garnered support from YouTube, which has 77agreed to recruit stars on the website to create original content involving the message. Dr. Winsten said 78he had also been in talks with AT&T, Nascar, a major automaker and potential Hollywood partners. 79 80Dr. Winsten said the new campaign could be a kind of carrot to encourage better behavior by drivers, but 81he added that a stick was also needed. 82 83While the Textalyzer raises potential privacy concerns, it might help enforce texting bans that have so far 84proved ineffective, he said. 85 86“Right now, we have a reed, not a stick,” Dr. Winsten said, adding that the Textalyzer would “make 87enforcement that much more credible.” 88 89Now, the police can obtain a warrant for cellphone records, but the process takes time and resources, 90limiting the likelihood of investigation, Mr. Ortiz said. But those protections are there for good reason, 91according to privacy advocates, who oppose the New York bill. 92 93“It really invites police to seize phones without justification or warrant,” said Donna Lieberman, the 94executive director of the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. 95 96A unanimous decision by the Supreme Court in 2014 ruled that the police could not search a cellphone 97without a warrant, even after an arrest, suggesting an uphill fight on the New York legislation. 98 99But the bill’s authors say they have based the Textalyzer concept on the same “implied consent” legal 100theory that allows the police to use the Breathalyzer: When drivers obtain a license, they are consenting in 101advance to a Breathalyzer, or else they will risk the suspension of their license. 102 103Matt Slater, the chief of staff for State Senator Terrence Murphy of New York, a Republican and a sponsor 104of the bill, said the constitutional concerns could and should be solved. “It’s monumental if we can get 105this done,” he said. 106 107Mr. Slater said he hoped it could happen this session, which ends in June, but, he added, it may take 108several tries and may require broader public support. 109 110“We’re facing the same hurdles we faced with drunk driving,” he said. “We’re trying to make sure safety 111and civil liberties are equally protected.” 112 113Fourteen states prohibit the use of hand-held devices by drivers, and 46 ban texting, with penalties 114ranging from a $25 fine in South Carolina to $200 fines elsewhere, and even points assessed against the 115

driver’s license. 116 117A handful of states have strengthened their original bans, including New York, which in 2014 adopted 118tougher sanctions that include a 120-day suspension of a permit or a license suspension for drivers under 11921, while a second offense calls for a full-year suspension. 120 121Deborah Hersman, the president of the nonprofit National Safety Council and a former chairwoman of 122the National Transportation Safety Board, said she liked the Textalyzer idea because it would give the 123police an important tool and would help gather statistics on the number of crashes caused by distraction. 124 125She said the Textalyzer-Breathalyzer comparison was apt because looking at and using a phone can be as 126dangerous as driving drunk. 127 128“Why are we making a distinction between a substance you consume and one that consumes you?” Ms. 129Hersman said. 130 131The Textalyzer legislation has been called Evan’s Law for Evan Lieberman, who was asleep in the back of 132a car on June 16, 2011, when the vehicle, driven by a friend, lost control. 133 134Mr. Lieberman, 19, died from his injuries, and his father, Ben Lieberman, spent months trying to gain 135access to phone records, which ultimately showed that the driver had been texting. 136 137Ben Lieberman became an advocate for driving safety, and in December, looking to develop the 138Textalyzer concept, he approached the mobile forensics 139 company Cellebrite, which was involved in helping the government find a way into a locked iPhone, and 140which works with police departments around the country. 141 142Jim Grady, the chief executive of Cellebrite U.S.A., said that the Textalyzer software had not been fully 143built because it was not clear what a final law might require, but that it would not be too technologically 144challenging. 145 146“I hope it will have the same effect as the Breathalyzer,” he said. 147 148A version of this article appears in print on April 28, 2016, on page A1 of the New York edition with the 149headline: On Your Phone at the Wheel? Watch Out for the Textalyzer. 150 151 1521460 words 153

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Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading10/4/16-Day1ATB:PicturePrompt Type 1: Is this art? Why or why not? If you think it is, what do you imagine the artist is trying to say or show?

The photo above shows a sculpture by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It is a solid 18-karat-gold copy of a Kohler toilet, and it is fully functional.

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Student Editorial Cartoon Contest Rubric 2015

Excellent (4) Proficient (3) Developing (2) Beginning (1) Understanding: Editorial cartoon demonstrates a clear understanding of a current issue, political topic or historical event.

Commentary or Criticism: Editorial cartoon provides insightful commentary or criticism about a current issue, political topic or historical event.

Illustration: Editorial cartoon effectively uses one or more illustrations, with or without text, to make its point, prompt a realization or offer an example.

Originality: Editorial cartoon demonstrates originality in ideas and techniques.

Guidelines: Editorial cartoon follows all contest guidelines, including a link to at least one Times source.

Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading10/5/16-Day2ATB:WordoftheDayCopythedefinitionofthewordbelowandanswerthemultiplechoicequestion.

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10/6/16-Day3ATB:What’sGoingOninThisPicture?

After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below: 1. What is going on in this picture? 2. What do you see that makes you say that?

3. What more can you find? http://nyti.ms/2cPI3iSActivities:1.ProgressReportGradesIfyouhadthefollowingscores:3/5notebook,4/5dailygrade,8/10vocab1and3.5/5kahoot1whatisyourprogressreportgrade?Whatisthehighestgradethatyoucouldstillgetforthequarter?2.Read“BrokenChain”byGarySoto3.“BrokenChain”VocabularyCardsandStoryElementsObj.1.Definevocabularytermsforthestory“BrokenChain.”2.Identifythefiveelementsofastoryfor“BrokenChain.”